Shan Masood: “We lost Aamer Jamal who offers something with both bat and ball”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood admitted pace bowler Aamer Jamal “offers something with both bat and ball”.
Jason Gillespie: “Pakistan are very fortunate to have such a great leader in the Test arena in Shan Masood. He’s one of the most impressive leaders I’ve come across in cricket, and I’ve been in cricket a long time”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Former Pakistan red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie thinks Test captain Shan Masood is “one of the most impressive leaders” he has ever come across.
Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris: “I have no desire to be captain. I prefer focusing on my own performance and fulfilling the role the team expects from me”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Pakistan power-hitter Mohammad Haris has announced that he has “no desire to be captain”.
Iqbal Qasim: “If Saud Shakeel is handed the captaincy instead of Shan Masood, what assurance do we have that he will lead the team to victories? How many times has he captained a team in his career?”
Image courtesy of: Unsplash
Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim is against the idea of having Saud Shakeel replace Shan Masood as Test captain.
Jayden Seales: “No pressure going against the likes of Babar Azam and Shan Masood. In international cricket, you have to go up against good batters and it also depends on the day”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales said he felt no pressure when bowling to Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam and Shan Masood, even though both of them are good players.
Shan Masood: “Credit goes to Noman and Sajid for their comeback – it looked like two seasoned campaigners bowling for Pakistan”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood said spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan deserve a lot of credit for their way they came back into the national team and performed.
Adrian McInman: “You also know that the more mentally tough they were, the better they would have handled their situations”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
I asked Cricket Psychologist Adrian McInman to sum up what he told me about “pressure,” “stress,” perception, and mental toughness in the first four interviews for this 5-article series using the Khushdil Shah fan altercation as an example.
Adrian McInman: “It is inconceivable to think that the Pakistan men’s team don’t have more mental toughness than the average individual”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
After the Pakistan team’s loss to England in the Multan Test, captain Shan Masood was asked in a press conference if the team was mentally weak.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Shan Masood scored [the] most runs for Pakistan in T20 World Cup [in] 2022. What [did] he [get] in return? He never made a comeback in white-ball formats for Pakistan”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has questioned why Test captain Shan Masood never made a comeback to the limited overs formats.
Shan Masood: “Bangladesh has an experienced batting line-up including the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim. Litton Das is my personal favourite”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has admitted that Bangladesh have a number of talented batsmen, but his favourite out of the lot is Litton Das.
