Shahid Afridi: “Iftikhar can be brought back to number five – given the fact that (Mohammad) Rizwan wants to play on number four, so it’s a good opportunity to take chances and try different combinations”
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Shahid Afridi, the former interim chief selector, wants to see Pakistan big-hitting batsman be given a chance to bat at number five in ODIs.
Colin Munro: “You know the guys contributing to winnings performances in certain situations, so someone like Shadab who bats at four for us – four or five is his spot, he’s a proper batsman”
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Colin Munro, the big-hitting New Zealand batsman, said Shadab Khan should be batting at number four or five for Pakistan.
Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood: “I scored around 2,000 runs in domestic cricket before my comeback, but unfortunately played two innings at number three and was later dropped to number five in the batting order”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has voiced his frustration at being demoted from number three to five on the batting line-up after just two innings.
Babar Azam: “Shan Masood bats at the top of the order and he has not batted lower down the order. I think it would be unfair [on] Shan to play him at the fifth or sixth spot”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam said it would be unfair for Shan Masood to bat lower down the order at number five or six.
Azhar Mahmood on Sohaib Maqsood, Khushdil Shah and Asif Ali: “We need to understand the role such players play when they are asked to bat at the number 5 or 6 positions where it’s not easy to bat”
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Former Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood said it is not easy for players like Sohaib Maqsood, Khushdil Shah and Asif Ali to bat at number five or six.
Shoaib Malik: “I said to him that [the] Pakistan team is currently struggling to find a suitable batsman at number five and I am available to bat at that number, to which he agreed and said that they are also thinking along the same lines”
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Pakistan big-hitting all-rounder Shoaib Malik said chief selector Mohammad Wasim may want him to bat at number five.
Aamer Sohail: “Your system is totally exposed when a utility player, I don’t want to use the word bits and pieces player, Shadab Khan bats at number five. It exposes your entire system”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail has called limited overs vice-captain Shadab Khan a “bits and pieces player”, even though he said that he didn’t want to label him as that.
