Shahid Afridi: “If a player believes they can contribute to Pakistan, they should continue playing cricket. However, they will have to prove their fitness and be part of domestic cricket”
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Legendary Pakistan power-hitter Shahid Afridi is glad left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir and spin-bowling all-rounder Imad Wasim are ready to play international cricket again, but insisted that they must “prove their fitness.”
Shahid Afridi: “I think that if you have appointed someone as captain (Shaheen) and given him the responsibility then give him time as well. If you change the captain then either the decision to appoint him was wrong or the decision to change him now is wrong”
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Legendary big-hitter Shahid Afridi has questioned whether the wrong decision was made to appoint Shaheen Shah Afridi as T20I captain after the pace spearhead was replaced after just one series in charge.
Shahid Afridi: “He is the pride of the Pakistan cricket team”
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Shahid Afridi, the iconic hard-hitter, said limited overs captain Babar Azam is the “pride of the Pakistan cricket team”.
Shahid Afridi: “There is still cricket left in Amir and he should play for Pakistan”
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Legendary Pakistan big-hitter Shahid Afridi believes “there is still cricket” left in left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir after he made his international comeback.
Shahid Afridi: “He has given some fantastic performances for Pakistan. That boy will improve even more when he plays longer format cricket. When he plays four-day cricket, his bowling will automatically improve, but right now, he needs our support”
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Former Pakistan power-hitter Shahid Afridi has advised pace bowler Haris Rauf to play more longer format cricket as it will help him “improve even more.”
Zaka Ashraf: “He (Shahid Afridi) didn’t give me any such suggestion”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has confirmed that legendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi didn’t tell him to pick wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan as T20I captain.
Shahid Afridi: “I want Shaheen to focus on his own cricket. I always tried to keep Shaheen away from captaincy”
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Legendary power-hitter Shahid Afridi has revealed that he tried to keep his son-in-law Shaheen Shah Afridi away from the Pakistan captaincy.
Shahid Afridi: “I still believe that if change was necessary than Rizwan was the best choice! But since now the decision has been made I offer my full support and best wishes to team Pakistan and Babar Azam”
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Legendary Pakistan six-hitter Shahid Afridi believes Babar Azam was not the best choice to replace Shaheen Shah Afridi as T20I captain as he would have given the leadership role to Mohammad Rizwan.
Shahid Afridi: “He falls in the category of Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, and Shaheen Afridi”
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Iconic Pakistan power-hitter Shahid Afridi believes Mohammad Amir is just as good as the first-choice pace trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf.
Shahid Afridi: “Amir can easily make his way into the lineup of the Pakistan team even today”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi believes left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir can easily get back into the national team.
