Babar Azam: “I am not saying he is a bad player. Everyone goes through a rough patch”
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Pakistan white-ball captain Babar Azam has made it clear that he doesn’t think power-hitter Mohammad Haris is a bad player.
Shan Masood: “Batting is a very unforgiving profession, you have one ball. And I think every great batsman has gone through these lean patches. I don’t think there is much to be concerned about, I think he was a bit unlucky”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has insisted that there is nothing to worry about when it comes to Babar Azam’s previous run of poor form with the bat.
Zaheer Abbas: “Babar Azam will have to play consistently”
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Legendary Pakistan cricketer Zaheer Abbas has stressed the importance of batsman Babar Azam, saying it is vital that he keep performing consistently.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Be strong now because things will get better, it might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever”
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Pakistan Under-19 head coach Mohammad Yousuf is confident that “things will get better” for star batsman Babar Azam, who has been inconsistent as of late.
Saud Shakeel: “If you see he is the top batsman in the world right now”
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Saud Shakeel, the middle order batsman, has thrown his support behind Pakistan captain Babar Azam, insisting that he is still the “top batsman in the world right now.”
Aaqib Javed: “The others are technically sound players, whose rough patch cannot continue that long, like Babar Azam, Kane Williamson, Joe Root. It is difficult to find their weakness”
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Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed said Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s rough patches don’t last long since he is a “technically sound” player with few weaknesses.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Root had a similar patch as well, when he didn’t score much but when he started, he scored so many runs in Test cricket that he was about to break records”
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Pakistan great Misbah-ul-Haq said India batsman Virat Kohli shouldn’t be overly concerned about his rough patch as England Test captain Joe Root went through a similar experience before regaining his form.
Abid Ali: “Younis Khan told me that I wasn’t playing badly and that I was just experiencing a bad patch. He told me that I would come out of this”
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Pakistan opener Abid Ali said batting coach Younis Khan told him that he wasn’t playing badly.
Pakistan opener Abid Ali: “A big score was really important for my career”
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Pakistan opener Abid Ali said his double century against Zimbabwe was really important for his career.
Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali: “There was a phase when I lost nearly everything”
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Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali revealed that he almost lost everything when he was going through rough times.
