Nasser Hussain: “He had to wait his turn. He’s been scoring prolific runs in the last three years. He got the right balance between attack and defence”
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Former England captain Nasser Hussain admitted that Pakistan batsman Kamran Ghulam “had to wait his turn” despite being a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket for three years.
Ricky Ponting: “He’s the sort of player that I love watching. Aggressive player that takes the game on, and wears his heart on his sleeve a little bit”
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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said Pakistan limited overs skipper Mohammad Rizwan is “the sort of player that I love watching”.
Ahmed Shehzad: “He’s looking far ahead than every other batsman in [the] Pakistan team [at the moment]”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad believes opener Saim Ayub is “far ahead” of the other batsmen in the national team right now.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Get him ready for [the] Champions Trophy, we don’t have any chance without him”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has admitted that the men in green “don’t have any chance” of winning the 2025 Champions Trophy without power-hitter Fakhar Zaman.
Darren Gough: “Shaheen obviously we’ve seen him, he’s had a little bit of a rough patch of late but what a cricketer. He can hit it long, especially in white-ball, and his bowling is quality as we saw in Australia again in the ODIs, he bowled quality over there”
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Former England pace bowler Darren Gough said Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s “bowling is quality”.
Basit Ali: “He (Aaqib Javed) took a decision which translated into the brilliant performance of our player”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali is thankful that limited overs head coach Aaqib Javed kept giving chances to opening batsman Saim Ayub as it is starting to pay dividends.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Mohammad Ali should also be considered for white-ball selection, maybe also for [the] Champions Trophy as [a] [back-up] bowler to Shaheen, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Sohaib Maqsood thinks fast bowler Mohammad Ali should be considered for selection in white-ball cricket and the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Faisal Iqbal: “He loves bouncy pitches”
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Former Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal said fast bowler Haris Rauf loves bowling on bouncy pitches as he gets lots of wickets.
Shadab Khan: “Saim Ayub is a star in the making, trust him”
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Spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan has called on Pakistan to keep their trust and faith in opening batsman Saim Ayub as he is “a star in the making”.
Yasir Hameed: “Irfan Niazi needs to play T20 at the moment”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Yasir Hameed wants to see batsman Irfan Khan retained in the national team as he believes the 22-year-old should be playing T20I cricket.
