Salman Butt: “This is certainly the most ill-planned beginning by the Quetta Gladiators since [the] start of the PSL”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt lambasted the Quetta Gladiators, saying it was their “most ill-planned beginning” since the Pakistan Super League (PSL) started.
Kamran Akmal: “I [was] also astonished to see Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali sitting out the first match”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes that the national team made a huge mistake in not picking big-hitting batsman Asif Ali and all-rounder Shoaib Malik for their World Cup opener against the West Indies.
Iqbal Qasim: “I fail to understand why Asif Ali was forced to sit out”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim slammed the national team for not picking big-hitting batsman Asif Ali for their World Cup opener against the West Indies.
Mickey Arthur: “We will dust ourselves off and come back strongly”
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Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has vowed that his side will bounce back from their dismal performance in their World Cup opener against the West Indies.
Waqar Younis: “It would be foolish to write off this Pakistan side after their defeat to the West Indies”
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Legendary seamer Waqar Younis has warned other teams that it “would be foolish to write of this Pakistan side” following their loss to the West Indies in their World Cup opener.
Wasim Akram: “They’ll have to work hard from here, they must be seen fighting till the end”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has not lost faith in the national team after their loss to the West Indies in their World Cup opener.
Wasim Akram: “When there was a set player at the other end, his job was to stay and rotate the strike back to him. There was no need to slog and lose the wicket”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has admitted that he was less than impressed with the way in which seamer Hasan Ali got out in the national team’s World Cup opener against the West Indies.
Mohammad Amir: “We need to play with a positive mindset and should not get disheartened; we need to focus on the matches ahead”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has backed his side to bounce back after their World Cup loss to the West Indies.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “Imam was caught down the leg side and Fakhar was hit on the helmet. If these things didn’t happen, our position would have been better”
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Captain Sarfraz Ahmed believes that had openers Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman not been dismissed early on, Pakistan wouldn’t have collapsed in their World Cup opener against the West Indies.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “It wasn’t our day, it was just a bad day”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed attributed his side’s loss to the West Indies in their World Cup opener to a “bad day” and the toss not going in his side’s favour.
