Ramiz Raja: “Who will watch the World Cup in India without Pakistan? We are very clear, if they don’t come to play [the] Asia Cup here, we won’t go there for [the] World Cup”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has warned India that if they withdraw from the 2023 Asia Cup, the men in green will pull out of the 2023 World Cup.
Ramiz Raja: “I am surprised that people want to separate them”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has expressed his shock and surprise over people’s calls to change the opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in T20Is.
Ramiz Raja: “[The] pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan is our best-ever pair”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja firmly believes that captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are the “best-ever pair” when it comes to opening the batting in T20 Internationals.
Ramiz Raja: “We don’t have Lionel Messi sitting on our bench and it is not like we have selected really bad players. We have limited options”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja admitted that there are “limited options” when it comes to solving the team’s middle order problems, adding that “we don’t have Lionel Messi sitting on our bench”.
Ramiz Raja: “We did it in the last T20 World Cup (selecting Shoaib Malik). I don’t have any problem doing it again”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has insisted that he was never against selecting veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik for the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Salman Butt on Ramiz Raja: “You have to bring drop-in pitches from [a] different country, soil from [a] different country, coaches and mentors from different countries. Bring a chairman from some other country too, no?”
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Former captain Salman Butt has said Ramiz Raja should “bring a chairman from some other country”.
Ramiz Raja: “Keep scoring, there is no way you will be dropped from the team”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja informed batsman Ahmed Shehzad that if he gets back into the national team, he will not be dropped as long as he scores runs.
Ramiz Raja: “I think he needs to introspect. When you are out of the team, your patience is tested, your temperament is tested, your hard work is tested”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja told batsman Ahmed Shehzad that his patience, temperament and hard work will be put to the test since he is out of the national team.
Ramiz Raja: “This is pure frustration that gets to a player. They start blaming everyone”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has told batsman Ahmed Shehzad to stop blaming everyone for the issues he has.
Ramiz Raja: “I have not interfered in team selection, even though I can do it. It is my right”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja insisted that he doesn’t interfere in team selection, even though he has the right to do it.
