Asad Shafiq: “People criticise Misbah-ul-Haq for having a defensive style, but every captain has a different plan. He believed that we should wait for the opposition to make a mistake”
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Asad Shafiq said people criticised Misbah-ul-Haq for being too defensive when captaining the team.
Azhar Mahmood: “In the middle order, Shoaib Malik should have been selected as he has been performing really well in the recent past”
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Former Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood said it was a mistake not to pick all-rounder Shoaib Malik for the T20 World Cup.
Intikhab Alam on Babar Azam: “I think there is too much pressure on him due to [the] captaincy in all formats, even if he himself says that this is not the case”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Intikhab Alam said Babar Azam shouldn’t be captaining the national team in all three formats as he is under too much pressure.
Rashid Latif: “They also removed Shan from the centrally contracted players’ list which was another mistake”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif said it was a bad move to drop opening batsman Shan Masood from the list of centrally contracted players.
Rashid Latif: “There have been mistakes too such as dropping Shan Masood”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif said it was a mistake to drop opening batsman Shan Masood.
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif: “I was playing at the highest level for my country and I couldn’t have wished for anything more, but then I threw it away”
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Pakistan speedster Mohammad Asif expressed remorse at the fact that he threw his career away when he was at the top of his game.
Kamran Akmal: “What is Kamran Ghulam’s fault? Selectors say they have made a team based on domestic performances. If Kamran doesn’t feature in your top 20 players, then who will?”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has questioned what mistake Kamran Ghulam has made after he was dropped for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf: “Since I came into the white-ball team, people believed I was a white-ball player. But if you look at my career in domestic cricket, I was performing better in red-ball cricket than white-ball cricket before being called up”
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Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf has said that people should not mistake him for a white-ball specialist.
Imran Nazir: “Heartbreak. Gem of a talent remained unsold in [the] PSL draft. We really need to value talent”
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Former Pakistan batsman Imran Nazir said left-arm spinner Umer Khan is a “gem of a talent”.
Najam Sethi: “If I had been there (in the PCB), I would have extended Mickey Arthur’s contract. Mickey and his coaching team gave good results and they were able to prepare the players”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi believes it was a massive mistake for the board to let Mickey Arthur go as head coach after the 2019 World Cup.
