Shoaib Akhtar: “Who made Babar Azam the captain in the first place? Who was the Einstein? I need to know that guy. Does he qualify for this job? Does he even know anything about captaincy? I’ve been saying that Babar Azam is not [captaincy] material”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has questioned “who was the Einstein” that made Babar Azam captain “in the first place”.
Babar Azam: “I have faced Shoaib Akhtar when I was young, but his peak was next level and he was very quick”
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Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam has admitted that legendary fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar “was very quick.”
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar: “Even if I couldn’t take wickets in this era, I would’ve sent at least 30-40 batters to hospitals”
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Lethally quick Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes that if he were playing today, he would send “at least 30-40 batters” to the hospital.
Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar: “I would’ve played around 20 leagues in a season”
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Iconic Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he would have participated in 20 T20 leagues in a single season if he was playing today.
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar: “In a season, I used to bowl around 800-900 overs”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he used to bowl between 800 and 900 overs in an entire cricket season.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Even though he said he didn’t want captaincy of all formats and the board was insisting on him captaining Test matches, he shouldn’t have resigned, and he shouldn’t have been pushed out”
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Iconic Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar expressed his disappointment at the fact that Babar Azam was “pushed out” as captain.
Shoaib Akhtar: “We should play aggressively. Babar should bat with a strike rate of around 120”
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Iconic 161.3 kph Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has had enough of former captain Babar Azam’s slow batting, saying he has to boost his strike-rate to “around 120.”
Shoaib Akhtar: “I don’t think Rohit is able to read or understand Shaheen at all”
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Shoaib Akhtar, the legendary fast bowler, believes that India captain Rohit Sharma cannot play Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi “at all.”
Shoaib Akhtar: “These are not ODI bowlers yet. Bowling 10 overs is a different thing. We played just 12 ODIs last year”
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Legendary seamer Shoaib Akhtar has taken aim at all of Pakistan’s speedsters, saying none of them are good enough to be classified as proper ODI bowlers.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I would say Shaheen Shah Afridi is on top of his career right now”
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Shoaib Akhtar, the legendary 161.3 kph fast bowler, believes fellow Pakistan seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is at the top of his career right now.
