Shoaib Akhtar: “Saim (Ayub), son, go play. Abhishek (Sharma) has a license, you also play. No problem, you won’t get dropped if you get out”
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Masterful Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar would give opening batsman Saim Ayub the license to hit big just like his India counterpart Abhishek Sharma.
Ramiz Raja: “You cannot even imagine how much I was afraid of Imran Khan because he was a captain who had zero tolerance for nonsense”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has admitted that he was scared of 1992 World Cup winning captain Imran Khan as he “had zero tolerance for nonsense.”
Naseem Shah: “If a newcomer performs in one game, the main bowlers are afraid of their place in the XI and wonder if they will be retained for the next game. That fear does not allow players to rest because sometimes when you rest, your career can end up resting in peace”
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Pakistan pace maestro Naseem Shah has admitted that players refuse to be rested as they are afraid their spot in the national team could be in danger.
Azam Khan: “I was extremely scared of fast bowlers at that time and was trying to back off. Sami Bhai (Mohammad Sami) was bowling rockets and it was insanely hard for me to tackle that sort of pace”
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Azam Khan, the power-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman, has admitted that he was scared of the pace Pakistan speedster Mohammad Sami used to bowl at.
Simon Doull: “You, at times, are afraid to get out, but you shouldn’t ever be afraid to get out”
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Simon Doull, the ex-New Zealand seamer, said Pakistan captain Babar Azam needs to stop being afraid to get out when he is batting.
Pakistan power-hitter Azam Khan: “I felt I feared facing fast bowling”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan has admitted that he felt he was scared of facing fast bowlers when he struggled against such bowling.
Ricky Ponting: “So I think Babar’s still got a little bit of improvement to come, which is a pretty scary thought with what he’s been able to do, pretty much across all three formats over the last three, four years”
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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting admitted he is scared to think how much better Pakistan batting maestro Babar Azam could become.
Shoaib Malik: “Each of India’s main bowlers had one over left. MS Dhoni asked everyone, but they refused to bowl the last over. They were afraid to bowl to Misbah-ul-Haq”
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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik claimed India’s main bowlers were scared to bowl to former captain Misbah-ul-Haq in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup.
Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim: “Well if they don’t like my face, they should be brave enough to say it and I will be fine with that”
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Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim said the selectors should be brave enough to tell him if “they don’t like my face”.
Pakistan opener Abid Ali: “I never imagined such an incident could ever occur and initially, it felt as if my cricketing career was over”
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Pakistan opening batsman Abid Ali has admitted that he thought his cricketing career was over after he suffered a major health scare.
