Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif: “I see this team falling apart. If they don’t win the World Cup, they’ll be seen crumbling. Winning the match against India is necessary. It feels like the 90s era has returned”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif sees the national team “falling apart” if they fail to win the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Shan Masood: “If we have a Test match in Pakistan or in India, even the Ahmedabad ground, or we play in Pakistan or in a neutral venue, I reckon an India v Pakistan match could sell out any venue in the world. It’d be great”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood believes if India and Pakistan were to play a Test match, it would “sell out any venue in the world.”
Harsha Bhogle: “There was a time when Saeed Anwar used to score a lot of runs against India, we were like spare us for one match”
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Well-known cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle recalled how legendary Pakistan opening batsman Saeed Anwar used to “score a lot of runs against India.”
Zaka Ashraf: “We want to see him grow as a great batter and now without his additional burden of the captaincy, he can focus more on his performances to reach even greater heights”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf said he wants frontline batsman Babar Azam to keep growing and reaching greater heights now that he is no longer captain.
Virender Sehwag: “Tendulkar’s league is beyond the batter’s category now; he’s high above all. But amongst all [the] batters of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka – I haven’t seen a better batsman than Inzamam”
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Virender Sehwag, the brutally brilliant opener, said he has never seen a better batsman from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka than Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Azhar Ali: “Now just enjoy getting lots of runs… May Allah always bless you. Ameen”
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Veteran batsman Azhar Ali wants to see Babar Azam “enjoy getting lots of runs” again now that he no longer captains Pakistan.
Shahid Afridi: “I said that Babar should not be removed from the captaincy”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi said he didn’t want Babar Azam to be removed as captain.
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan: “The most difficult to bowl at was Rahul Dravid”
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Former Pakistan seamer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has admitted that India head coach Rahul Dravid was the toughest player he bowled to.
Wasim Akram: “It is the fault of the entire system and only Babar Azam should not be made a scapegoat out of this”
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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram made it clear that he doesn’t want to see Babar Azam “made a scapegoat” for Pakistan’s failures as of late.
AB de Villiers: “When he gets going, he keeps that innings together, he is the glue in that batting line-up”
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AB de Villiers, the former South Africa cricketer, said Pakistan batsman Babar Azam “is the glue” that keeps the team’s batting line-up together.
