Wasim Akram: “I don’t want 60 off 90 balls from my main player. I’d rather have him getting 35 off 30 balls and get out instead of getting 64 off 90 balls. It’s not on in this day and age”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has slammed Babar Azam for his slow batting in the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Wasim Akram: “A regular opener is Fakhar (Zaman), who has been picked. Thank God he is back in the squad. One of the main players in world cricket in white ball”
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Iconic Pakistan left-arm speedster Wasim Akram said “thank God” big-hitting batsman Fakhar Zaman is back in the national team.
Shan Masood: “He is our main player. We’ll make sure we look after Shaheen Afridi really well”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has promised to look after pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi “really well” as he is “our main player”.
Shadab Khan: “Faheem Ashraf is one of our main players. He’s our man for a crisis… We know what his calibre is as a cricketer”
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Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan said all-rounder Faheem Ashraf is Islamabad United’s “man for a crisis” as he is a top calibre player.
Shan Masood: “Babar Azam is our main player”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has thrown his support behind batsman Babar Azam, saying he is the team’s “main player.”
Shan Masood: “He is our main player”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood said left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is the team’s “main player”, indicating that he is in no danger of being dropped.
Babar Azam: “We try to play with the best possible playing XI. He (Rizwan) is also our main player but we try to play with the best possible playing XI according to the conditions. We are not to decide anyone’s career”
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Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, said he is not trying to “decide anyone’s career” when addressing the non-selection of wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan in the Test team.
Rashid Latif: “He’s one of our main players”
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Rashid Latif, the former wicketkeeper-batsman, doesn’t see opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq in danger of being axed anytime soon as he is one of Pakistan’s “main players”.
Salman Butt: “Babar is our main player and currently the number one batsman”
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Salman Butt said Pakistan captain Babar Azam is the “main player” in the team and the “number one batsman” as well.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “In order to become a main player in T20 cricket, like I have done in ODIs, I will have to enhance my game”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq said he wants to be a main player in T20 Internationals, but knows that he must “make some changes to my game” in order to achieve that.
