Shan Masood: “I have shown flexibility and I am open to playing T20I cricket for Pakistan in the middle order. Modern-day cricket demands improving our game and I am trying to do it”
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Pakistan batsman Shan Masood has expressed his desire to make a comeback to T20I cricket, saying he is willing to bat in the middle order to do so.
Salman Butt: “What work have the coaches who worked with Babar Azam done with Babar? Babar was [the] world number one in T20s, instead of improving Babar, they have pushed Babar even further back”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has criticised Babar Azam’s decline in T20Is, saying the coaches who worked with him have pushed him further back.
Basit Ali: “Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman don’t have a voice. How come they agreed to bat in the middle order?”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali feels Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman “don’t have a voice” after both were pushed down the order in the T20I team.
Mohammad Asif: “I have nothing against Babar. He is a good player in other formats, but T20 is not his format”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif believes batsman Babar Azam is not suited for T20Is.
Shahid Afridi: “Babar Azam must play as an opener or else he has no role in [the] Pakistan cricket team”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes Babar Azam has no role in the T20I team unless he plays as an opener.
Mohammad Hafeez: “There is still a place for Babar Azam in the national T20 squad, but Babar should bat as an opener or at number three; Babar Azam needs to improve his batting, especially his strike-rate”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez said he still sees a place for Babar Azam in the T20I side if he improves his batting and strike-rate.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Babar Azam is not going to deliver until you play him as an opener. He is of no use in the middle order”
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Pakistan pace legend Shoaib Akhtar believes Babar Azam will be useless in the middle order and will not deliver in T20Is unless he returns to opening the batting.
Michael Vaughan: “I think Mike Hesson has dealt with it brilliantly because he clearly has to play Babar Azam, and he’s using him as an insurance policy”
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan said Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson is using batsman Babar Azam as an “insurance policy” in T20Is.
Michael Vaughan: “I’m not sure T20 cricket is Babar Azam’s strongest suit. I see Babar as a 50 overs specialist and a Test match specialist”
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan has suggested that Pakistan batsman Babar Azam might no longer be suited for T20Is.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Fakhar can replace Saim and Babar can bat at number three, with Agha [at] number four”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez believes Fakhar Zaman can replace Saim Ayub as the team’s opener in T20Is.
