Imad Wasim: “We couldn’t find a place for Rizwan in the opening position… I didn’t want to change the opening pair of Alex Hales and Babar Azam”
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Imad Wasim, the Karachi Kings captain, said there was no place for Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan to open the batting for the team.
Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor: “Have the most runs in domestic cricket as an opener since 2015”
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Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor, who is determined to make an international comeback, said he has the most runs among openers in domestic cricket since 2015.
Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor: “I have 24 hundreds in [my] last 48 innings, I have scored the most hundreds as an opener in [the] National T20 [Cup]”
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Pakistan opening batsman Khurram Manzoor said he has scored 24 centuries in his last 48 innings as he seeks a comeback to the national team.
Mohammad Amir: “All of this started when Misbah (Misbah-ul-Haq) became the head coach and he made (Mohammad) Rizwan open and sacrificed Fakhar (Zaman), who was Pakistan’s opener in T20 cricket at that time”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has accused former head coach Misbah-ul-Haq of sacrificing Fakhar Zaman in order to let Mohammad Rizwan open the batting in T20Is.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “I suggest Karachi Kings to send Matthew Wade as opener”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer and Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi has called out Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade, telling him to open the batting for the Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Wasim Akram: “If your captain says I’ve been scoring runs, let me try Haider Ali as an opener and I’ll bat at three in a couple of games – this shows that your captain is ready to sacrifice. This is what Babar Azam has to learn”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has called on Babar Azam to start making sacrifices as captain.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Fakhar Zaman, I have told this a million times before, give him those six overs”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar wants Fakhar Zaman opening the batting in T20Is and going big in the first six overs.
Mohammad Amir: “I always wanted to see Fakhar Zaman opening the innings for Pakistan”
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Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir believes that Fakhar Zaman should be opening the batting for the national team in T20Is.
Mudassar Nazar: “We have seen in the previous PSL how devastatingly good he is in the powerplay but only too often he perishes once the field is spread and he is caught in the deep”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Mudassar Nazar said batsman Fakhar Zaman should be utilised in the powerplay as he is “devastatingly good” when the fielders are inside in the circle.
Aaqib Javed: “You are wasting Fakhar at 3, he is an opener”
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Fakhar Zaman is wasted at number three as he is a genuine opener, ex-Pakistan seamer and Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed said.
