Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi: “I don’t go out much and stay in my room. Just stay indoors, make green tea… and talk about anything other than cricket. That keeps me relaxed”
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Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi has admitted that he doesn’t like going out much and prefers to stay in his room and make a cup of green tea.
Abdul Razzaq: “When you earn a lot of money, you tend to relax. For every player it is the same. Mohammad Amir did not work hard enough and his performance dipped”
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Abdul Razzaq has hinted that Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir and India all-rounder Hardik Pandya have not been performing to the best of their abilities since they are not working hard enough.
Salman Butt: “I strongly suggest [that] Sarfraz not [have] too much pressure [for] the [remaining] matches and especially against South Africa”
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Former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt has advised captain Sarfraz Ahmed not to put too much pressure on himself for the national team’s last four group stage matches at the World Cup.
“There are no problems whatsoever”
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India captain Virat Kohli has played down reports of a rift between him and head coach Anil Kumble.
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“[It] is a real shame because I think everyone in Australia was hoping he’d play”
Mitchell Johnson has confirmed that he will skip the upcoming edition of the Big Bash League (BBL), in which he was supposed to represent the Perth Scorchers, who are the reigning champions, in order to relax and spend time with his family.
“He never took a backward step, and led more by example than by rhetoric or by words”
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Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid has announced that he enjoyed playing under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
“You want to lead from the front, and when it’s not happening for you it is incredibly frustrating”
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Even after Sri Lanka took an unassailable 4-2 lead in the ongoing seven-match ODI series, England captain Alastair Cook still believes he should continue captaining the national team.
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“There was a small miscommunication from their part also, but nothing like that will happen again”
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has patched up relations with wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara and veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene after he criticised them for not informing the board about their decision to retire from Twenty20 Internationals following the conclusion of the World Twenty20.
Clarke does not want to see any of his players succumb to long-term injuries
Australia captain Michael Clarke has defended his decision to rest key players at certain points during a series, stating that all of them complained of minor niggles and as skipper, his responsibility was to ensure that those minor aches and pains heal as soon as possible instead of letting them get even more aggravated by allowing those players to play through it.
Sehwag is taking steps to ensure that he does not get out cheaply any more
He is known to be one of the cleanest hitting batsmen in world cricket today, but India opening batsman Virender Sehwag has admitted that he still feels nervous and has butterflies in his stomach when facing the first delivery of a match.
