Ravichandran Ashwin: “I am very excited about two players: Tayyab Tahir and Agha Salman”
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said he is “very excited” about Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha and batsman Tayyab Tahir.
Ashley Noffke: “You can assume he’s a threat – he definitely is. His career stats speak for themselves. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things he needs to improve on to become the superstar he wants to be”
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Pakistan bowling coach Ashley Noffke knows left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is definite a threat when he bowls, but made it clear that he still has room for improvement.
Basit Ali: “Even a club cricketer will tell you that in T20s, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf – they are all better players in the format than Babar! Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are also better T20 players than Babar”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali believes Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are all better T20 players than Babar Azam.
Salman Ali Agha: “If senior players like Fakhar or Babar don’t fit into that combination, we won’t play them. We will play only those who are best for the team”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has made it clear that batsmen like Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman are not immune from being dropped from the playing XI if they “don’t fit into that combination”.
Salman Ali Agha: “Fakhar has been performing for Pakistan for the last 10 years. If he isn’t scoring right now, that’s okay – we will back him”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has confirmed that top order batsman will continue to be backed even if he fails to score runs in the short term.
Aaqib Javed: “Shaheen Afridi is fit and [the] number one bowler [in the] Pakistan cricket team”
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Pakistan Director of High-Performance Aaqib Javed believes ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi is the best bowler in the national team.
Salman Ali Agha: “He has the potential to play for Pakistan for a long time”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha believes young batting prospect Khawaja Nafay is good enough to represent the national team for a long time.
Salman Ali Agha: “We know he is a very good player of spin bowling, probably the best player in our team against spin. We knew his ability and we know it’s going to come soon”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has branded big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Usman Khan as the best player of spin in the team.
Salman Ali Agha: “Abrar has been outstanding since his debut”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has lauded spinner Abrar Ahmed, saying he has been “outstanding since his debut”.
Pakistan speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi: “One thing is clear that I won’t play for any other franchise in PSL. A team which gave me respect and supported me a lot in my career, I will prefer to leave cricket instead of leaving Lahore Qalandars”
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Pakistan ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi has made it clear that he would rather walk away from cricket than leave the Lahore Qalandars.
