Younis Khan: “We need to back players like Fawad Alam and Azhar Ali”
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Former Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan has urged the selectors and team management to back veteran batsmen Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam.
Shahid Afridi: “Sarfaraz could have been given an opportunity”
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Ex-Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed should have been given the chance to play in the two-Test series against Sri Lanka in July.
Sikandar Raza: “I love Rizi [Rizwan] Bhai too and he looks brilliant while playing”
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza said Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan “looks brilliant while playing”.
Aaqib Javed: “Khushdil Shah and Asif Ali [are] one-dimensional players”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Aaqib Javed said big-hitters Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah are both “one-dimensional players”.
Shahid Afridi: “You have to keep pressure. The stronger the bench is, the more careful the player will be about his performance. Rizwan hasn’t been performing”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi said wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has not been performing in Test cricket lately.
Nasser Hussain: “Sorry Indian fans I’m gonna be biased and go with Babar Azam. I nearly went with Kohli but he is slightly different. He has the fast flick of the wrist but Babar has the conventional way of playing it”
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Former England captain Nasser Hussain said “sorry India fans” but Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s cover drive is better than Virat Kohli’s.
Aaqib Javed: “I have been saying this for a long time now that Shan Masood should be tested at this position. Viewing grounds of Australia, a batter playing proper cricketing shots would succeed there”
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Former speedster Aaqib Javed has urged Pakistan to keep picking batsman Shan Masood, saying he must be in the playing XI throughout the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.
Sikandar Raza: “I don’t think there would be anyone who doesn’t love Babar Azam”
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza said there isn’t anyone who doesn’t love Pakistan captain Babar Azam.
Aaqib Javed: “Iftikhar Ahmed is in and out for [the] last five years and has not made an impact”
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Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed said batting all-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed has failed to have an impact in five years despite being given numerous opportunities in that time.
Sikandar Raza: “Shoaib Malik has always been in touch, we talk a lot and I ask questions”
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza has revealed that he talks to veteran Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik regularly.
