Basit Ali: “Shaheen Afridi should be rested 100 percent. He should go and play first-class cricket. He should be rested”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has advised left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi to “go and play first-class cricket” in a bid to rediscover his form.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Haris Rauf needs to be rested for a few matches. He is not the same Haris we know. He is out of form and it’s in his best interest and the team’s too that he sits out”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez has called for fast bowler Haris Rauf to be “rested for a few matches” as he is not the same wicket-taker compared to the past.
Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris: “Even I don’t know when and where I performed badly [in T20Is]. There are ups and downs. Sometimes, players in the back-up [roles] perform better than you, so they deserve a chance”
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Attacking Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris admitted he has no clue why he was dropped from the T20I team for the recent five-match series against New Zealand.
Kamran Akmal: “No one from [the] team management or selection committee talked about giving rest to Babar and Rizwan during [the] New Zealand series”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee consultant Kamran Akmal has made it clear that there was never any talk of resting batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan for the ongoing T20I series against New Zealand.
Wahab Riaz: “We have rested Mohammad Haris in this series. He is part of our plans going forward but to increase our player pool and reward the domestic performers we have decided to rest him”
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Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz has made it clear that explosive batsman Mohammad Haris is still in his plans despite not being picked for the ongoing five-match T20I series against New Zealand.
Wahab Riaz: “We needed someone who could cover for Shaheen Shah Afridi because he plays a lot of cricket as well and we wanted to cover all our bases”
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Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz believes Mir Hamza is the perfect back up option for left-arm pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Shahid Afridi: “If Shadab Khan is rested, Usama Mir is there. He has performed well for Pakistan”
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Legendary Pakistan big-hitting all-rounder Shahid Afridi believes that Usama Mir is the perfect replacement for spinner Shadab Khan if he is rested.
Kamran Akmal: “Pakistan rested Shaheen Shah Afridi, which is not a strategic move. We have [the] World Cup on our head and he should be playing 50 overs format maximum [times]”
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Kamran Akmal, the former wicketkeeper-batsman, admitted he was shocked that Pakistan decided to rest pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi for one game during the five-match ODI series against New Zealand.
Kamran Akmal: “You have rested your five main players, so why are you also dropping Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed”
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Kamran Akmal, the wicketkeeper-batsman, admitted he was shocked that Pakistan dropped top order batsman Shan Masood and big-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan in March.
Shahid Afridi: “I am not saying drop Rizwan altogether from Tests, but he can be rested”
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Former interim Pakistan chief selector Shahid Afridi believes wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan should be rested for a short period of time in Test cricket.
