Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam: “I have always relied on my on-field performances rather than sucking-up to coaches or team management for no reason”
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Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam said he refused to suck up to the coaches for no reason and blamed his competitors for ensuring he wasn’t viewed favourably.
Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam: “It’s all about the culture of ‘liking and disliking’ individuals. If your face fits, you are fine, if not, they will find any way to sideline you”
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Sami Aslam has claimed that there is a strong like-dislike culture in Pakistan cricket right now.
Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam: “I thought about my future and realised that I would just be playing some domestic cricket for now and I was actually concerned that they wouldn’t pick me even in domestic cricket in the future”
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Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam said he was worried about being axed from domestic cricket and thus “knew that my time was up”.
Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam: “I felt that I had to do something as these guys were just ruining my career”
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Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam said the national selectors were ruining his career, which is what prompted him to move to America.
Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam: “I had that feeling that the selectors didn’t want to pick me and were just looking for excuses to not have to pick me”
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Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam said he performed well for five to six years, but felt that the national selectors kept looking for excuses not to pick him.
Ehsan Mani: “I was sad to hear about Mohammad Amir and Sami Aslam’s decisions to quit international cricket. I wish the two had spoken to the PCB before announcing their decisions”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani has questioned why left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir and batsman Sami Aslam didn’t speak to the board before announcing their decisions to quit Pakistan cricket.
Kamran Akmal: “Experiments have made the state of cricket worse in the country. Sami Aslam has left Pakistan for the United States. Let the season end, many more names will emerge”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes many players will follow Sami Aslam out the door at the end of the season.
Mohammad Ilyas: “Good luck champion”
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Ilyas has called batsman Zeeshan Ashraf a “champion”.
Sami Aslam: “Speculation of moving to USA has been in the news and social media for past 3-4 months but still I haven’t been approached by the PCB in this regard”
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Pakistan batsman Sami Aslam said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hasn’t contacted him since he began talking with USA cricket in March.
Danish Kaneria: “During my playing days I was offered by 2 countries but I still went on playing for Pakistan”
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Former spinner Danish Kaneria has revealed that two countries asked him to play for them, but he opted to stay loyal to Pakistan.
