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.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Fakhar Zaman has been moved down in the batting order because he has not performed in the top order in T20s”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad believes Fakhar Zaman was demoted down the batting order due to a lack of consistent performances at the top.
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”.
Shan Masood: “Credit goes to Noman and Sajid for their comeback – it looked like two seasoned campaigners bowling for Pakistan”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood said spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan deserve a lot of credit for their way they came back into the national team and performed.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Kamran Ghulam, Saim Ayub, and Faisal Akram have shown good potential”
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Iconic Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar said Pakistan spinner Faisal Akram and the batting duo of Saim Ayub and Kamran Ghulam “have shown good potential”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “It was not rest; it was a punishment and a reminder. It was necessary for Babar to step down from captaincy, focus on his batting, and play his role to win for Pakistan”
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Legendary Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar believes Babar Azam’s exit as captain and his removal from the Test team midway through a Test series against England “was a punishment and a reminder”.
Yasir Hameed: “Kamran Ghulam is [an] important player in the middle order”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Yasir Hameed said batsman Kamran Ghulam has become “[an] important player in the middle order”.
Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif: “If the national team begins winning matches at home using spinners, fast bowlers will eventually disappear”
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Former Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif believes “fast bowlers will eventually disappear” if the men in green keep using spinners to win matches on home soil.
Nasser Hussain: “He had to wait his turn. He’s been scoring prolific runs in the last three years. He got the right balance between attack and defence”
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Former England captain Nasser Hussain admitted that Pakistan batsman Kamran Ghulam “had to wait his turn” despite being a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket for three years.
