Rashid Latif: “Salman Ali Agha is a valuable asset”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes batting all-rounder Salman Ali Agha has become “a valuable asset” for the national team.
Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan: “I was a genuine batter in age-group cricket, and then after that, I started bowling off-spin. I enjoy my batting a lot”
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Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan has revealed that he was a “genuine batter in age-group cricket” and works on his batting at practice every day.
Sajid Khan: “I did not see any genuine off-spinner in the PSL teams. That is why there is a lack of off-spinners. In Pakistan, here our teams mostly carry a batter who can bowl part-time off-spin”
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Test spinner Sajid Khan has noticed that both the national team and the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises lack proper off-spinners.
Nasser Hussain: “I like Sajid Khan’s character too. He has got a bit about him, he’s got a bit of passion, wears his heart on his sleeve. He’s got a fast bowler’s mentality as an off-spinner”
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Former England captain Nasser Hussain has been very impressed with Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan, saying he has “got a fast bowler’s mentality as an off-spinner”.
Tauseef Ahmed: “He is not an off-spinner but here we induct players who can also bowl a bit and it needs to be stopped”
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Former cricketer Tauseef Ahmed said batsman Agha Salman should not be called an off-spinner as he is only a part-time bowler.
Sajid Khan said he is the off-spinner Pakistan are looking for
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Sajid Khan believes that Pakistan are in need of a proper wicket-taking off-spinner and feels that he is the answer.
Pakistan all-rounder Qasim Akram: “I wasn’t very good as a fast bowler so one of the coaches in my club advised me to take up off-spin as that would increase my chances of selection in teams in an all-rounder role. From then on, I became an off-spinner”
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Pakistan youngster Qasim Akram revealed that he switched from bowling quick to off-spin since he “wasn’t very good as a fast bowler”.
Mohammad Hafeez: “I was also available to bowl on this tour, but it was the captain’s choice to not use me”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has said that he was available to bowl during the recent T20 series against England, but captain Babar Azam didn’t require his off-spin services.
Babar Azam: “I had a bit of an issue with bowling where I used to chuck a bit, I haven’t been able to fix that”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has revealed that he doesn’t bowl his off-spin since he chucks the ball.
Rashid Latif hilariously called himself a “wasted off-spinner”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif hilariously said that he was a “wasted off-spinner”.