Haris Rauf: “I want to play Tests also for Pakistan. I am ready whenever the selectors or the board want me for Tests but my only point is to inform us in advance so that we can go and prepare for red-ball cricket where you have to bowl a lot of overs in a day”
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Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf has reaffirmed his desire to play Test cricket, maintaining that the longest format remains part of his ambitions.
Rashid Latif: “Perhaps the selectors will opt for him and Shan Masood as the opening pair. We’ll have to wait and see”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has called on the selectors to consider making Fakhar Zaman and Shan Masood the go-to openers in limited overs cricket.
Atiq-uz-Zaman: “So I personally like Rizwan, to be honest. I think he’s a quality player for Pakistan. He’s performed really, really well. He done really very well. I don’t know what’s the reason for Rizwan to be dropped”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Atiq-uz-Zaman admitted he has no idea why ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan was dropped from the T20I team.
Pakistan batsman Babar Azam: “PCB selectors have conveyed no message to me while dropping [me] from [the Pakistan] T20 cricket team”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has revealed that the selectors didn’t say anything to him before he was dropped from the T20I team.
Pakistan speedster Khurram Shahzad: “I’ve been told that I should be ready for white-ball cricket by the selection committee”
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Pakistan seamer Khurram Shahzad revealed that the national selectors have told him to get ready for white-ball cricket.
Pakistan power-hitter Asif Ali: “If the selectors needed me, they would have called me up. I believe they don’t need me at this moment”
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Pakistan big-hitter Asif Ali doesn’t think he is needed in the national team at the moment as he would have gotten a call from the selectors.
Pakistan batsman Babar Azam: “Only the selectors and coaches can answer what they’re thinking about my T20 career. My job is to perform – whether it’s in T20s, ODIs, or Tests. Selection is not in my control”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam said only the selectors and coaches can provide an answer on why he continues to be overlooked for T20Is.
Tanvir Ahmed: “Our selectors are wasting talent like Mehran Mumtaz, just see how great is his batting along with bowling… he is a good T20 cricketer”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Tanvir Ahmed believes the selectors are wasting left-arm spinner Mehran Mumtaz’s talent.
Saeed Ajmal: “You have only one star. If you degrade him also, then how will your cricket run? These are the big issues. Our former cricketers should keep their mouths shut”
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Legendary spinner Saeed Ajmal has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for dropping batsman Babar Azam from the T20I team.
Mohammad Hafeez: “On what performance was Faheem Ashraf included in the team? On what basis was Usman Khan selected for One-Day cricket? And what performance justified Saud Shakeel’s recall?”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez has admitted he doesn’t understand why all-rounder Faheem Ashraf and the batting duo of Usman Khan and Saud Shakeel were selected for the 2025 Champions Trophy.
