Abdur Rauf: “Babar has lost a lot of very important credentials of batting. This is not the platform to mend your mistakes; you are just building more pressure on yourself. Your advisors are piece[s] of s***. If you continue like this, how long will you survive?”
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Explaining his stance, Rauf said Azam should avoid participating in T20 tournaments such as the Big Bash League (BBL), arguing that such platforms do not help address flaws in his game.
Salman Butt: “As much money as Sydney Sixers have given Babar Azam, they’ve already recovered it through social media. His signing caused a huge rise in their following. Babar Azam is one of the top-notch players, and I believe he truly deserves it”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes that batsman Babar Azam fully deserved the money he earned from the Sydney Sixers for playing in the Big Bash League (BBL).
Saeed Ajmal: “Too many of our players are just focused on and interested in white-ball cricket. Real cricket is Test cricket yet I don’t see hardly any players in Pakistan who are interested mostly in Test cricket”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has admitted that it is sad to see so few cricketers in the country interested in playing Test cricket.
Rashid Latif: “They’re playing in the Big Bash and will earn decent money, and I don’t think they’d want to return either. That’s just my opinion. The PCB should give them some liberty to explore other leagues”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has a feeling that left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi and batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan don’t want to return to T20Is.
Pakistan speedster Mohammad Amir: “I came to play the World Cup after leaving my county deal. Honestly, I ended up spending more money than I made. I travelled with my trainer, and all those expenses came out of my own pocket. But that’s a different matter”
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Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir has revealed that he spent more money than he earned when he came out of retirement to represent his country in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Saud Shakeel: “First of all, I would bring a head coach who can not be removed by anyone even if I get dismissed from the chairmanship but he would remain the head coach for three years”
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Pakistan middle order batsman Saud Shakeel has revealed that if he became chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), he would appoint a head coach for three years.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I would not even wish to talk about [the] Pakistan cricket team. I am only doing this because I am getting paid”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he only talks about the national team “because I am getting paid”.
Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar: “I will be the first billionaire in US dollars to come from Pakistan. I want to become richer than Pakistan one day. I am not kidding. I am serious about it”
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Iconic pacer Shoaib Akhtar has shared his dream of becoming the “first billionaire in US dollars to come from Pakistan”.
Sikandar Bakht: “I am shocked that Haris Rauf has been given a central contract by the PCB when the player has rejected playing Test cricket for the country”
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Former Pakistan speedster Sikandar Bakht admitted to being shocked that fast bowler Haris Rauf was awarded a central contract.
Ramiz Raja: “This is beyond me. Cricketers should be paid, simple as that. They have a limited career and PCB has a lot to give to the cricketers. If you decrease or withhold the salary of a workforce then it will result in the workforce leaving the job”
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Former cricketer Ramiz Raja has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not to decrease limited overs captain Babar Azam or wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan’s salary.
