Azhar Ali: “We are also to blame for the poor performance of Babar, we degraded instead of supporting”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Azhar Ali has admitted that a lot of people are to blame for Babar Azam’s lengthy rough patch with the bat as “we degraded instead of supporting” him.
Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha: “Since becoming captain, my performance has improved a lot. I’m also on the right track. Everyone learns, and so do I. As for the talks about my poor performance, that is absolutely not true”
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Pakistan T20I captain Salman Ali Agha has shot down all the talk about his poor performance, saying it is “absolutely not true”.
Adrian McInman: “You also know that the more mentally tough they were, the better they would have handled their situations”
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I asked Cricket Psychologist Adrian McInman to sum up what he told me about “pressure,” “stress,” perception, and mental toughness in the first four interviews for this 5-article series using the Khushdil Shah fan altercation as an example.
Zaka Ashraf: “Babar Azam took a stand and refused to drop players despite poor performance for the World Cup”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has called out limited overs captain Babar Azam, saying he refused to drop poor performing players.
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan: “There was no visible planning in the cricket team. There is a system under which players come and go. When the system gets flawed, problems arise”
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Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has attributed the national team’s poor performances to the fact that there is no proper planning.
Ahmed Shehzad: “It is really disappointing that some players are hiding their poor performance in the World Cup by holding unnecessary press conferences and playing the religion card”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has blasted wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan for “playing the religion card” following his “poor performance” in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Pakistan spinner Usama Mir: “People talk like this, they even abuse me, so I think they forget everything, and whoever performs well, in a second, you will make them Don Bradman, you will make them Viv Richards, and for one bad performance, you will even call them [parchi]”
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Pakistan spinner Usama Mir has lashed out at his critics, questioning why they “abuse” him after he fails to perform in a few matches.
Moin Khan: “Eight players of the team could be changed. You will have to go to the rebuilding phase after the tournament”
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Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan believes eight players could be dropped from the national team after their disappointing performance in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Shadab Khan: “He is a world-class player, no doubt, but he is human also”
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Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan has defended captain Babar Azam’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup, saying “he is human also”.
Ramiz Raja: “Yasir needs more accuracy, so that he can win captain’s confidence”
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Former Pakistan skipper Ramiz Raja said spinner Yasir Shah needs to improve his accuracy when bowling in order to win the captain’s confidence.
