Shoaib Akhtar: “Babar Azam, a great player but again, great players need to play great innings. You can’t make yourself a big name by not performing against big nations. You have to show you can score big runs in big games”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has called on former captain Babar Azam to play “great innings” if he wants to continue being classified as an elite batsman.
Umar Gul: “Rauf needs to get himself back and remember his best performances [as it will help him]”
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Newly-appointed Pakistan fast bowling coach Umar Gul has advised blisteringly quick seamer Haris Rauf to do better going forward as the national team needs him to be at his best.
Shoaib Malik: “He [was] doing captaincy but the improvement [was] not coming”
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Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik said Babar Azam could no longer survive as Pakistan captain since he wasn’t improving at all.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Shaheen knows how he has to perform”
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Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez expects big things from fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, stating he “knows how he has to perform.”
Mohammad Rizwan: “If Saud maintains the hard work he’s doing, then Pakistan will have found themselves another superstar”
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Mohammad Rizwan believes Pakistan may have found another superstar in middle order batsman Saud Shakeel.
Babar Azam: “We will miss Naseem Shah a lot”
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Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has admitted that the team really want to see fast bowler Naseem Shah back as soon as possible.
Imad Wasim: “I think the last time Babar performed in a big match was against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup, when he scored a century. But after that, he is yet to win a big match for Pakistan. This is not criticism but a fact”
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Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim has taken a cheeky dig at former captain Babar Azam, saying he has not won a big match for the national team since scoring a brilliant century against New Zealand in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Waqar Younis: “Naseem is a good bowler and doesn’t give many runs away”
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Pakistan fast bowling hero Waqar Younis has called pace sensation Naseem Shah a “good bowler” as he doesn’t leak a lot of runs when bowling.
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan: “Whenever we compare Babar Azam with Virat Kohli, I always say Babar is more technically sound than Kohli, and this is why he fails less”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan believes former captain Babar Azam “fails less” than India batting superstar Virat Kohli since he is “more technically sound.”
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “Amir has been a great cricketer”
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Former Pakistan chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir is a very talented cricketer.
