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.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I agree that Azhar [Ali] made a mistake in the second innings of the first Test against England, while fielding, for which he was criticised but to remove him from captaincy, based on that match, would be unfair”
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Iconic Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes it is unfair that Azhar Ali should be sacked as Test captain based on one mistake.
Rashid Latif: “One mistake cost a brilliant player more than anyone else. Some, even after the same mistake, became legends and some are still paying the price. Disappointing end”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif expressed his disappointment towards the fact that veteran batsman Salman Butt has suffered so much on the basis of one mistake.
