Kamran Akmal: “Haris’ advantage is only in the top three positions”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal wants big-hitter Mohammad Haris promoted up the batting order as he feels the 24-year-old is only useful as an opener or at number three.
Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman: “I want to help my team and I can bat at any position. If my team needs me at No. 4, I will bat there. If they ask me to play at No. 3, I will do it. And if they think I should open the batting, I will be ready for that too”
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Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman has said he is ready to open the batting if the team want him to take up that role.
Pakistan batsman Babar Azam: “No one has changed batting positions as much as I have. Whenever someone new comes in, it’s Babar who changes his number”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam said no one has changed batting positions as much as he has.
Mike Hesson: “If he (Babar) could secure his place in the team, he would play alongside Fakhar Zaman or Saim Ayub”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has announced Babar Azam will either bat with Fakhar Zaman or Saim Ayub if he makes his T20I comeback.
Pakistan batsman Hasan Nawaz: “I’ve opened all my life, but I’m happy to contribute in the middle order as well”
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Pakistan power-hitter Hasan Nawaz said he has opened the batting all his life, but is more than happy to continue playing in the middle order.
Hasan Nawaz: “I would prefer to play as an opener in international cricket where I have also scored a T20 century as for Pakistan”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Hasan Nawaz has admitted that he would prefer to open the batting in T20Is.
Younis Khan: “Sending Azam to open is an unusual but smart decision. It gives him more time to bat and take advantage of fielding restrictions. This could help him grow as a player”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Younis Khan believes it was “an unusual but smart decision” for Islamabad United to promote Azam Khan from a middle order batter to an opener.
Imad Wasim: “You had a player who could bat for 40 overs and was doing great at No. 3, so why would you suddenly make him open?”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim doesn’t understand why Babar Azam was made an opener when he was batting so well at number three.
Sohail Tanvir: “You sent Asif Ali to open, who has zero technique. He is not a technically sound batter, but only a power-hitter. I personally witnessed his technique in the nets; he just swings his bat”
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Former Pakistan left-arm speedster Sohail Tanvir has slammed power-hitter Asif Ali, saying he “has zero technique” and “just swings his bat”.
Mohammad Rizwan: “It was Misbah-ul-Haq’s decision to make me an opener”
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Pakistan ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan has named former captain and head coach Misbah-ul-Haq as the man responsible behind the decision to make him an opening batsman.
