Tauseef Ahmed: “They carried Dadu’s Zahid Mahmood for so many tours and the same treatment is being done with Saud Shakeel; this is not the way, give [them] a chance”
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Tauseef Ahmed wants Pakistan to include spinner Zahid Mahmood and batsman Saud Shakeel in the playing XI on a consistent basis as he wants to see what they can do.
Javed Miandad: “If a player is performing consistently and still does not get selected, it is an injustice. The media should also highlight Shan Masood’s case”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad said it is an injustice when in-form players like opener Shan Masood are not being given the chance to play.
Mohammad Hafeez: “We have a product ready in the form of Shan Masood”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has called for opening batsman Shan Masood to be picked in the playing XI, saying “we have a product ready” in him.
Shahid Afridi: “Sarfaraz should be given a chance if the selection committee selects him for the series”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed should be given a chance to play some matches if he is selected for a series.
Andy Flower: “He was a really invaluable member of our side in all sorts of ways”
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Multan Sultans head coach Andy Flower said speedster Shahnawaz Dahani is an invaluable member of the Sultans’ squad.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “I [don’t] know why I was dropped from the Test playing XI”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq revealed that he has no idea why he was dropped from the playing XI in Test cricket.
Pakistan limited overs vice-captain Shadab Khan: “Babar takes my advice on [the] line-up as we like to form the team with a mutual understanding”
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Pakistan limited overs vice-captain Shadab Khan has revealed that captain Babar Azam takes his advice when picking the playing XI.
Kamran Akmal: “If Sarfaraz and Rizwan can play in the same team and do well, they should definitely be included”
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Kamran Akmal said there is no reason why fellow Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsmen Mohammad Rizwan and Sarfaraz Ahmed can’t play together.
Nadeem Omar: “Sarfaraz has proved [in PSL 6] that the Pakistan team still needs him”
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Quetta Gladiators owner Nadeem Omar said wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed deserves to be in Pakistan’s playing XI.
Mohammad Wasim on Usman Salahuddin: “Usman has played for Pakistan and I would like him to come into the squad when he will be considered to play in the starting XI rather than just as a squad player”
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Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim said he wants batsman Usman Salahuddin to be picked in the national team when he can get into the playing XI.
