Saleem Malik: “There is no lack of talent in Pakistan but the problem is with the team selection. You can see last 5-6 tournaments as well, we have lost because of poor selection”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik believes poor selection is the key reason the national team has failed to perform well as of late.
Saleem Malik: “You look at his (Imad) innings and it appears as if he was wasting balls, not scoring runs and making things difficult in the run chase”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik has accused spin-bowling all-rounder Imad Wasim of deliberately “wasting balls” during the 2024 T20 World Cup match against India.
Saleem Malik: “Azam is a renowned name in Pakistan cricket and he should be given [a] complete chance to prove himself”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik wants Babar Azam to be “given [a] complete chance to prove himself” as captain.
Saleem Malik: “Fakhar Zaman played really well and this is precisely the reason why I have always said that he should be a permanent member of our playing XI”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik said opener Fakhar Zaman should be a “permanent member of our playing XI” in ODIs.
Saleem Malik: “If you [are] making the same mistakes again and again, you should leave the captaincy”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik has warned Babar Azam to start learning fast as if he keeps making the same mistakes over and over again, he should “leave the captaincy”.
Wasim Akram: “During [the] New Zealand tour Saleem Malik ordered me to clean his shoes and clothes. Saleem Malik thought I was his slave”
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Legendary left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram blasted former captain Saleem Malik for treating him like a slave and making him clean his shoes and clothes.
Saleem Malik: “I would use the same ploy on Waqar. This is what is called management. I used my brain to make sure they kept performing”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik said he used to call Waqar Younis the best bowler in the world in order to ensure he kept taking wickets.
Saleem Malik: “I would tell him Waz, you are the world’s No. 1 bowler. If you get wickets or not, it won’t affect me because it’s your own reputation”
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Former Pakistan captain Saleem Malik recalled telling legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram that his reputation would suffer if he didn’t get wickets.
Saleem Malik: “When I would ask them to bowl, they would snatch the ball from me”
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Former Pakistan captain Saleem Malik has revealed that the iconic Pakistan fast bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis used to “snatch the ball from me”.
Former Pakistan captain Saleem Malik: “Do you know that they both (Wasim and Waqar) wouldn’t speak to me because I was made the captain? I even talked to them about it a couple of times”
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Former Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik said the legendary pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis wouldn’t speak to him when he was named captain.
