Cheteshwar Pujara: “Babar’s footwork against the spinner was not good. He was not using his feet. He didn’t [try] to play any sweep shot or a paddle sweep. Nowadays, reverse sweep is also an option to disturb the length of a spinner”
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Senior India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has highlighted Pakistan batsman Babar Azam’s poor footwork against spinners.
Rashid Latif: “Salman Ali Agha’s record as a captain is not good; he couldn’t even take his team to the second stage in domestic cricket. The PCB should have considered these factors. We don’t know what the reasoning was behind making him captain”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has questioned why batting all-rounder Salman Ali Agha was appointed limited overs vice-captain.
Zaka Ashraf: “No, the unity didn’t end (after removing Babar Azam as captain). In fact, the unity improved”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has insisted that the friendship between limited overs captain Babar Azam and left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi isn’t strained.
Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim: “I was not in the right mental state, and if I were in that condition, I would never have made this decision. This is life, and everything is possible. I have made this decision without any intention of turning back”
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Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim has revealed that his decision to retire from international cricket stemmed from his mental health not being good.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “It is visible Babar is being forced to become weak, which is not good”
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Former Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq believes Babar Azam is “being forced to become weak”.
Saeed Ajmal: “His form wasn’t good in the fifth season of PSL but we still backed him”
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Ex-Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal said Islamabad United still backed big-hitter Asif Ali, even when his form wasn’t good.
Shoaib Akhtar believes Shoaib Malik isn’t a good batsman or captain
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Legendary Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar has said that veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik isn’t a great batsman or captain.
Waqar Younis: “In his younger days Mushtaq Ahmed really fancied himself as a singer. He would try hard, very hard, but there was just one problem, he wasn’t very good”
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Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis has revealed that legendary leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed wanted to be a singer, but “wasn’t very good”.