Saqlain Mushtaq: “I had a feeling that he thinks very highly of himself. So I never talked to him”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said he never really talked to Sourav Ganguly since he felt the former India captain thought “very highly of himself”.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “whenever we met, it was always ‘hello’, ‘hi’ and nothing more”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said he initially had “apprehensions” about former India captain Sourav Ganguly when he first spoke to him.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Nawaz cannot be praised enough”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said middle order batsman Saud Shakeel and spinner Mohammad Nawaz “cannot be praised enough”.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “I must say that he must not settle down with this; he must bring more [varieties] as the cricketing world will soon start working on him, so you need to keep evolving”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq has advised spinner Abrar Ahmed to “keep evolving” and never be satisfied with where he is right now.
Babar Azam: “We have the best management. We have got a coaching panel of former cricketers who have given great performances for Pakistan. Coaches can only give you plan and share experience whereas it is the player who has to execute in the field”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has thrown his support behind head coach Saqlain Mushtaq and the rest of the coaching staff following the team’s dismal home season.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “I think he bowled some good deliveries to Babar, Agha, Faheem. He got the wicket of Saud, so there is talent him. I hope he gets all the success”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq admitted that England spinner Rehan Ahmed troubled Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman and Faheem Ashraf with “some good deliveries” in the three-Test series in December 2022.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “He is a match-winner and he will make a comeback in upcoming matches”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said opening batsman Fakhar Zaman is a real match-winner as he is capable of great things.
Shoaib Akhtar: “That’s why I had criticised Saqlain Mushtaq and others to get your middle order and batting order sorted”
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Legendary pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has urged Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq to sort of the team’s middle order woes.
Saqlain Mushtaq: “He needs a bit of luck”
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Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq said power-hitter Khushdil Shah just “needs a bit of luck” in order to rediscover his form.
Mudassar Nazar on Saqlain Mushtaq: “Saqlain is relatively young in coaching, under him, the graph has not been on the winning side”
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The Pakistan team is not looking good under head coach Saqlain Mushtaq, former batsman Mudassar Nazar said.
