Saqlain Mushtaq: “Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Nawaz cannot be praised enough”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said middle order batsman Saud Shakeel and spinner Mohammad Nawaz “cannot be praised enough”.
Mohammad Amir: “If he was a batting all-rounder so we can say that we can hundred percent rely on him. But he is a bowling all-rounder, first, he bowls, then he bats; 70 percent he is a bowler, and 30 percent a batter”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir said the team shouldn’t fully rely on Mohammad Nawaz as an all-rounder.
Shahid Afridi: “Nawaz is also not that consistent, and neither is Shadab”
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Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz need to be more consistent if they want to continue batting in the middle order and be considered as finishers, interim Pakistan chief selector Shahid Afridi said.
Wasim Akram: “He is a very clever bowler, Nawaz”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram said spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz is a “very clever bowler”.
Wahab Riaz: “There is currently lots of insecurity. Pakistan needed only one man in their middle order and that was Shoaib Malik”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz said veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik is the middle order batsman the national team need in T20Is.
Gautam Gambhir: “I reckon number four”
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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir believes Mohammad Nawaz should bat at number four for Pakistan in T20 Internationals.
Mohammad Amir: “There was video made in the dressing room where Babar told Nawaz he was a match-winner. After that, it was hard to judge whether he played as a batsman or a bowler. It shows you don’t trust your player. If you’re saying something, you should act on it”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir said captain Babar Azam doesn’t trust spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz.
Imad Wasim: “Nawaz is a fantastic player and whatever he is doing is simply amazing and he is doing a great job for Pakistan”
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Imad Wasim admitted fellow left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz is a “fantastic player” who has been “doing a great job for Pakistan”.
Ravichandran Ashwin: “They have gone for Mohammad Nawaz, who is very much like Ravindra Jadeja”
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz is “very much like Ravindra Jadeja”.
Imad Wasim: “To be honest, there has never been any competition like that between myself and any other bowlers. Unfortunately, this is all the making of the selectors for reasons best known to them”
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Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim said there the national selectors are to blame for creating the fake illusion of a rivalry between him and Mohammad Nawaz.
