Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan: “I have not been given an opportunity in the PSL. Past 11 years in row. As a professional cricketer, that is naturally disappointing”
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Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan has expressed disappointment at not being given an opportunity to play in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for 11 consecutive years.
Shan Masood: “Sajid Khan is one of the automatic picks on our team sheet”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood confirmed spinner Sajid Khan is “one of the automatic picks” in the team given the impact he can have.
Sajid Khan: “Playing Test cricket is a huge honour for everyone but I also want to play white-ball cricket for Pakistan and the camp specifically helps in honing those skills required in shorter formats”
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Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan has expressed his desire to play limited overs cricket and not just be restricted to Tests.
Azhar Mahmood: “I never said Pakistan doesn’t have spinners”
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Interim red-ball head coach Azhar Mahmood has made it abundantly clear that he never said Pakistan doesn’t have any spinners.
Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan: “I would have been a gangster”
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Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan has revealed that he would have been a gangster if he wasn’t a cricketer.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali deserve credit for consistently delivering on spin-friendly pitches. Abrar Ahmed, too, has been brilliant. But let’s not forget, these conditions are tailor-made for them. We need to prepare players for all kinds of surfaces”
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Veteran batsman Ahmed Shehzad has urged Pakistan to work with spinners Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Abrar Ahmed so that they are able to take wickets on all types of pitches.
Shan Masood: “Credit goes to Noman and Sajid for their comeback – it looked like two seasoned campaigners bowling for Pakistan”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood said spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan deserve a lot of credit for their way they came back into the national team and performed.
Shahid Afridi: “His confidence is very high and he is also a very good fielder. He (Sajid Khan) is a strong character who can also hit sixes in batting”
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Iconic Pakistan power-hitter Shahid Afridi wants spinner Sajid Khan to be picked in limited overs cricket as he is full of confidence and can “also hit sixes”.
Sarfraz Nawaz: “When the team was announced, I wrote to the chairman of the PCB suggesting spinners like Sajid (Khan) and Noman (Ali), who had wrecked England earlier. They performed well against the West Indies too, but they were not picked at all”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has revealed that he wrote to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi and asked him to consider selecting spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali for the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Ramiz Raja: “Sajid’s angles make him a constant threat”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja believes spinner Sajid Khan is a “constant threat” due to the angles at which he bowls.
