Kamran Akmal: “Why didn’t they give him a chance? Why didn’t they prepare him when the small teams used to tour? Because at that time, he wasn’t their favourite player”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes middle order batsman Kamran Ghulam had to wait so long to play international cricket because he wasn’t the previous management’s “favourite player”.
Mohammad Wasim: “I will not take names here but I can tell you that as many as four coaches believes that there is a group of players who are like ‘cancer’ to the team. If they are in the team, this side cannot win”
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Former Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim has revealed that “as many as four coaches” thought “a group of players” were a “‘cancer’ to the team”.
Ramiz Raja: “You have completely made a cock-up of this team”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has blasted the team management following the men in green’s shambolic performance in the 2024 T20 World Cup, saying “you have completely made a cock-up of this team”.
Mohammad Hafeez: “I felt Saim Ayub as an opener was a solution for us. Why current team management has retained Saim as an opener if I was wrong?”
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Former Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez said he was right about Saim Ayub being an ideal opener for the national team.
Mohammad Hafeez: “The trainer told me, six months ago, the management and captain had instructed me not to prioritise fitness and not to check the fitness of the players, and [to] let them play their natural game”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez has accused star batsman Babar Azam of refusing to prioritise players’ fitness.
Mohammad Rizwan: “we can have [a] left-right combination at the top and Saim Ayub is [a] left-hander. There is Fakhar Zaman also… so for [the] World Cup we were experimenting with [a] left-right combination”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan believes Fakhar Zaman is a possible contender as an opener in T20Is if the team management wants to have a left-right opening combination.
Ramiz Raja: “I think the way Babar was removed from captaincy, I am against that. By doing politics during the World Cup, you are sending a message and giving indications that you should resign. This is why management should be of top quality”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has voiced his anger at how Babar Azam was removed as captain.
Shahid Afridi: “He needs to be backed by the team management”
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Shahid Afridi, the former interim Pakistan chief selector, has called on the team management to start backing pace bowler Shahnawaz Dahani properly.
