Ricky Ponting: “I love watching him play”
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Legendary Australia batsman Ricky Ponting said he loves watching Pakistan captain Babar Azam in action.
Shahid Afridi: “Umar Akmal has [had] problems of fitness since quite a long [time]”
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Former interim chief selector Shahid Afridi said senior batsman Umar Akmal needs to sort out his fitness problems as it has affected him for too long.
Mohammad Rizwan: “I personally thought that since I wasn’t able to perform, I didn’t deserve to play in the next series. I went to the coach and captain myself and told them that you can drop me because I haven’t performed”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan said he told former head coach Saqlain Mushtaq to drop him and pick Sarfaraz Ahmed instead.
Mike Atherton: “I like Abdullah Shafique. I think he’s going to be a very good player”
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Former England captain Mike Atherton sees great things ahead of Pakistan top order batsman Abdullah Shafique and expects him to become a “very good player”.
Mike Atherton: “Saud Shakeel played really well. Looks a very composed and compact left-hander I thought. He’s going to get a lot of runs in the middle order”
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Former England captain and renowned commentator Mike Atherton has backed Pakistan middle order batsman Saud Shakeel to score a lot of runs in the future.
Ricky Ponting: “Technically, he’s very good”
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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting said Pakistan skipper Babar Azam shows off great technique whenever he bats.
Khurram Manzoor: “My conversion rate in List A cricket is better than Virat Kohli; I take fewer innings on average to score a hundred than Kohli. Kohli scores a hundred after every six innings, I score a hundred after every 5.7 innings”
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Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor has questioned why he still continues to be ignored by the national selectors even though he has a better conversion rate in List A cricket than India superstar Virat Kohli.
Ricky Ponting: “He’s on the upward curve now to maybe go down as the all-time greatest”
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Ricky Ponting, the legendary Australia captain, believes Babar Azam is “on the upward curve” and has what it takes to become the best batsman in Pakistan history.
Babar Azam: “He did his training with dedication and that’s a hallmark of an experienced player”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam applauded wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed for always “training with dedication” during the years that he was not selected in the playing XI in Test matches.
Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor: “Have the most runs in domestic cricket as an opener since 2015”
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Pakistan batsman Khurram Manzoor, who is determined to make an international comeback, said he has the most runs among openers in domestic cricket since 2015.
