Shoaib Akhtar: “Rizwan also has to start thinking. This isn’t anyone’s uncle’s team that you can open in each format of the sport”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has told wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan that this is not his uncle’s team.
Shoaib Akhtar: “If they are playing Danish Aziz and Asif Ali or any other player then their roles must be defined”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has urged the team management to define the roles of players like Asif Ali and Danish Aziz if they are being picked in the team.
Pakistan batsman Asif Ali: “When you are a middle-order batsman, the expectation is that you will finish the innings or take the team to a win in a run chase”
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Pakistan batsman Asif Ali has admitted that he loves the fact that he is seen as a finisher.
Pakistan batsman Danish Aziz: “This is also the role I would like to take on whenever I am given a chance to represent Pakistan”
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Danish Aziz has said that he wants to be Pakistan’s go-to finisher in international cricket in the future.
Younis Khan: “They can make solid partnerships, helping the side score some big totals, which are essential for the national team to brighten its chances of winning the Test matches”
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With the Test series against England starting next week, Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan has revealed that Test captain Azhar Ali and veteran batsman Asad Shafiq will play “the same role which Misbah and I used to play for Pakistan during our playing days”.
Azhar Ali: “People are expecting [a lot] from Yasir but we have to understand that his role has changed”
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Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has revealed that spinner Yasir Shah’s role in the Test team has changed.
Haris Sohail: “We, Babar and I, are given a role and that is to build partnerships”
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Pakistan batsman Haris Sohail has revealed that his and Babar Azam’s roles in the national team are to “build partnerships”.
Iqbal Qasim: “The way the Indian openers saw off the initial overs and kept the scoreboard ticking, the same approach is required from Fakhar and Imam”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim believes that openers Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman will play a key role in their side’s World Cup match against Australia in Taunton on Wednesday.
Imam-ul-Haq: “If your openers do well, then you’re 95 percent good”
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Imam-ul-Haq believes his role as an opening batsman in the Pakistan team is extremely important as he is responsible for ensuring the men in green get off to good starts.
Asif Ali: “I am in the team for hitting”
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Pakistan batsman Asif Ali has made it clear that his role in the World Cup team is to hit big and score quick runs.
