Mushtaq Ahmed: “Give him some time, and he will surely make a strong comeback”
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Pakistan spin icon Mushtaq Ahmed has no doubt that big-hitting opening batsman Saim Ayub will “make a strong comeback”.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Babar Azam is not giving up”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has made it clear that star batsman Babar Azam “is not giving up” as he continues to fight through his rough patch.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “All four spinners are excellent”
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Mushtaq Ahmed thinks Pakistan have four excellent spinners in Sufiyan Muqeem, Mehran Mumtaz, Arif Yaqoob and Maaz Sadaqat.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Peshawar Zalmi is the Manchester United of cricket. Even when the team loses, it stays united. The team’s unity is exceptional, and the fans always show love and support, no matter what happens”
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Iconic Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has called Peshawar Zalmi the “Manchester United of cricket”.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “When a player returns from injury, net sessions alone aren’t enough. To regain form and rhythm, match practice is essential. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has hinted that opening batsman Saim Ayub was rushed back from his injury.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Babar Azam will become more mentally tougher and come up with more strong performances once gets out of his bad patch”
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Iconic Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has backed Babar Azam to become “mentally tougher” and produce stronger performances when he breaks out of his current rough patch.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Babar Azam suffered captaincy loss and later was dropped from T20 squad of Pakistan. Nobody cared for Babar in his tough time which is a reason behind an extended bad patch of Babar”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has attributed Babar Azam’s prolonged bad form to nobody caring about him “in his tough time”.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “In the UAE, where he got so many of his wickets, on those dry pitches you had to bowl over 90 kph, because it gave you grip. That brought lbw and bat-pads into the game. Yasir was too quick, and South African pitches demand you bowl slower”
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Pakistan legend Mushtaq Ahmed said fellow spinner Yasir Shah never really did well in South Africa since he bowled too quick.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “In South Africa, you want bowlers like [Kagiso] Rabada, [Anrich] Nortje, [Glenn] McGrath who bowl into the pitch. Whoever bowls top of off, as Naseem Shah can do, will be successful there”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed believes fast bowler Naseem Shah can be very successful in the upcoming two-Test series against South Africa if he keeps hitting the top of off-stump when bowling.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Moin Khan would tell me, ‘Mushtaq, well bowled, excellent bowling,’ and if DRS and [the] third umpire existed at that time, both Moin Khan and I would have been in jail”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed joked that he and wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan “would have been in jail” if the Decision Review System (DRS) existed during his playing days.
