Sikandar Bakht: “When he was given the captaincy, I said in my interview that he wasn’t a good choice”
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Sikandar Bakht, the ex-Pakistan seamer, said he knew Babar Azam was not a “good choice” to be captain when he was handed the leadership role.
David Wiese: “I can definitely see him captaining Pakistan over the next couple of years”
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David Wiese, the Namibia all-rounder, said he sees left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi captaining Pakistan in the “next couple of years”.
Najam Sethi: “Our established skipper Babar will remain the captain of our national squad until he himself decides whether he wants to leave captaincy of any one format or all three formats or he wants to remain the captain in all. It will totally be his call”
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Najam Sethi, the outgoing Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, said Babar Azam will captain the national team for as long as he wants to.
Shahid Afridi: “I am not even remotely related to the cricket board. I suggested Shaheen not to take up franchise captaincy either in PSL, let alone [the] national team captaincy”
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Shahid Afridi, the iconic Pakistan six-hitter, said he didn’t want Shaheen Shah Afridi to captain the Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and nor does he want the 23-year-old to lead the national team.
Hasan Ali: “Shadab Khan has been very impressive as a captain. As he is my best friend, I’m really happy for him”
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Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali said spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan is a great leader.
Imad Wasim: “We are like brothers and he is a great guy. When he wants advice, he takes it from me and when I want advice from him, he is there to offer that advice to me”
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Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim has made it clear that there is no rift between him and Babar Azam over the Karachi Kings captaincy.
Shahid Afridi: “I rate Dhoni a bit higher than Ponting as he developed a new team full of youngsters”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi believes that India superstar MS Dhoni was a better captain than Australia icon Ricky Ponting.
Saeed Ajmal: “Shadab Khan is an excellent player and I wish to see him lead Pakistan one day”
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Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal is backing fellow spinner Shadab Khan to captain the national team in the future.
Babar Azam: “I am not someone who craves being captain and am more interested in scoring runs for Pakistan”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has admitted that he isn’t eager to captain the national team, but added that it is up to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to decide who leads the side.
Javed Miandad: “I have seen some criticism of Sarfraz as captain but if there was a better leader than Sarfraz or a better wicketkeeper, which is his primary job, then he would have been selected by now”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad feels that skipper Sarfraz Ahmed is the best person to captain the national team.