Sohaib Maqsood: “Now I wish to see Saim and Fakhar as our T20 openers in [the] T20 World Cup, will this ever happen?”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has locked in his openers for the 2026 T20 World Cup, saying it should be Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman.
Sohaib Maqsood: “For God’s sake, make some changes! He is still stuck on the same yorker. Why can’t he get it through his head that if yorkers aren’t getting wickets, he should also learn to bowl length deliveries”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has questioned why ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi keeps relying on yorkers to get wickets.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Play your natural game, the way you’ve played for the last eight years. Practice hard, regain your form, and trust your class – you’re Zalmi’s backbone”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has called Babar Azam the “backbone” of the Peshawar Zalmi.
Sohaib Maqsood: “You’re Pakistan’s biggest cricket star – you don’t need to prove anything”
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Veteran cricketer Sohaib Maqsood has told batsman Babar Azam he is “Pakistan’s biggest cricket star” and has nothing to prove to anyone.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Six to eight months ago, getting him out in practice was tough, now, he gets out two or three times in sessions”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood said it was difficult to get Babar Azam out during practice sessions six to eight months ago, but it is a totally different story now.
Umar Akmal: “We are told that we are too old to play or even mentor the team. But players who are 45 years old are still playing. What are we supposed to do? Shoot ourselves?”
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has claimed that he, Ahmed Shehzad and Sohaib Maqsood were “told that we are too old to play or even mentor” in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Sohaib Maqsood: “I have a concern about Shaheen Shah (Afridi) – it’s been two years of him getting hammered in bowling”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood is frustrated with Shaheen Shah Afridi as the left-arm pace bowler has been “getting hammered” for two years.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Babar has all those natural ingredients to be successful at 3”
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Pakistan big-hitter Sohaib Maqsood feels Babar Azam should bat at number three in T20Is as he has all the “natural ingredients” to succeed in that position.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Babar Azam still remains our most important T20 batter, he needs [a] different opening [partner] or he needs to bat [at] 3”
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Pakistan big-hitter Sohaib Maqsood said Babar Azam still remains the “most important T20 batter” as he is an elite run-scorer and match-winner.
Sohaib Maqsood: “As long as Babar and Rizwan keep opening together, Pakistan will struggle to build a good middle order”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood said Babar Azam and ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan cannot keep opening in T20Is.