Mir Hamza: “Shaheen’s quality is that he reads the match situation very quickly”
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Mir Hamza said fellow Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi’s best quality is his ability to read the “match situation very quickly.”
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Experience always enhances the captaincy, and there is always room for improvement. Babar needs to be stronger tactically. He needs to improve tactically on the mistakes we noticed in the past”
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Former Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has admitted that limited overs captain Babar Azam must improve tactically and avoid making the same mistakes of the past.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “Haris is doing fine, he’s always ready to play for Pakistan”
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Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi insisted fellow fast bowler Haris Rauf’s priorities lie with international cricket as he is always ready to play for the national team.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Even [though] I spoke to the captain (Shaheen), [the] captain was reluctant to talk to Babar and Rizwan and I took that responsibility. I went to talk to them. And I had no problem with it because what I did was for Pakistan”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez has revealed that ex-T20I captain Shaheen Shah Afridi was hesitant to talk to Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan about splitting up their opening partnership.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “We have Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan who are two of the best T20 bowlers in the world”
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Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi said Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan “are two of the best T20 bowlers in the world.”
Wahab Riaz: “We wanted to manage Shaheen Afridi’s workload because he’s our main strike bowler and we need him completely fit for the World Cup”
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Pakistan selection committee member Wahab Riaz said left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi needs to be “completely fit” for the 2024 T20 World Cup in June as he is the team’s “main strike bowler.”
Jason Gillespie: “I love watching him bowl. The old fast bowler in me, I just love watching good fast bowling and great fast bowling, and I certainly put Shaheen in that category. I love watching him bowling, he runs in and bowls [with] really good pace”
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Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie has admitted that he loves watching Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi in action as he “runs in and bowls [with] really good pace.”
Rashid Latif: “Shaheen was treated unfairly and so was Babar”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif feels Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi have both been “treated unfairly” following the latest captaincy saga.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “I appreciated Khawaja Nafay after the match because he played a very special innings. I was also [the] find of the PSL and it was heartening to see such a young player play shots like he did. He’s a future star Inshallah”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi believes batsman Khawaja Nafay is a “future star” in the making.
Babar Azam: “The number of skills he has, you don’t get a talent like this very often in Pakistan”
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Limited overs captain Babar Azam said “you don’t get a talent” like fast bowler Naseem Shah “very often in Pakistan.”
