Kamran Akmal: “The real reason behind Babar’s decline in form is the management, which made him captain too soon”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes Babar Azam was appointed as captain too soon, which is the “real reason” behind his decline in form.
Rashid Latif: “PCB should’ve groomed him like Gill and Jaiswal. You discard players very quickly. The problem is from [the] management’s side, not the players”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has blasted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not grooming big-hitting batsman Haider Ali just like India did with Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Whenever the government changes in Pakistan, they bring their chairman. The earlier management gave me a contract of 4 years. No one saw how good the team was in Australia, they just wanted to sack me”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez revealed that when the new management of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took over, they “just wanted to sack me”.
Mohammad Amir: “The credit [for bringing me back] goes to the management of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaheen [Afridi], they brought me back with trust, and there is some sort of pressure of fulfilling that promise”
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Mohammad Amir said fellow Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi played a key role in his decision to return to international cricket.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “This is not the right attribute to target one person; obviously, your other ten players are also playing, you also have management”
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Former Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq believes it is unfair for people to make captain Babar Azam the scapegoat for the entire team’s failures.
Moin Khan: “I think Khushdil, Asif, and other middle-order batters are lucky as they got the backing from the management”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan firmly believes that power-hitters Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah got too many chances from the selectors and team management.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “The management has faith in his abilities”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said the team management has complete faith in pace sensation Naseem Shah.
Pakistan legend Shoaib Akhtar: “The management should have been more careful and played me in only three of the five ODIs during a series”
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Pakistan express bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he should have only played three matches out of five in an ODI series.
Saleem Malik: “I would use the same ploy on Waqar. This is what is called management. I used my brain to make sure they kept performing”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik said he used to call Waqar Younis the best bowler in the world in order to ensure he kept taking wickets.
Mohammad Yousuf: “The way Azhar Ali showed his experience, the management expects such performances from a player like him”
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Mohammad Yousuf said the team management expects top performances from senior Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali.