Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar: “We need to change the intent, the mindset, and create that atmosphere. You need to play according to modern cricket. How hard is that to understand?”
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Iconic Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar expressed his infuriation at the national team’s inability to play modern cricket, asking “how hard is that to understand”.
Basit Ali: “Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, and Saud Shakeel batted as if it was a very difficult pitch like what we get in Australia and England. They didn’t play according to the pitch and were only concerned about taking their turns, which is wrong”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has hinted that the batting trio of Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafique and Saud Shakeel played for themselves in the first Test against England.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “I feel our team is not playing as a unit. All the boys are playing to give individual performances like if I get a score that’s fine”
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Ex-Pakistan captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has claimed that every player in the national team is selfish and only playing for themselves in a bid to improve their statistics.
