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.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Tell me a bigger white-ball match-winner as [a] batsman for Pakistan in [the] last 7-8 years, I will wait”
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Sohaib Maqsood has called batsman Fakhar Zaman Pakistan’s biggest “white-ball match-winner” in the last seven to eight years.
Sohaib Maqsood: “He scored heavily against Sunil Narine, probably the most difficult spinner [in] white-ball cricket, so stop this bulls**t [and] let Babar bat where he has batted his [whole] life [and] that is [at] 3”
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Pakistan big-hitter Sohaib Maqsood has rubbished all the talk that batsman Babar Azam can’t play spin, calling it “bulls**t”.
Sohaib Maqsood on Saud Shakeel opening the batting at the 2025 Champions Trophy: “Not bad either”
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Pakistan cricketer Sohaib Maqsood believes middle order batsman Saud Shakeel is not a bad option to replace Saim Ayub as an opener in the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Probably [the] 2 most in form T20 bowlers in Pakistan”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Sohaib Maqsood believes Abbas Afridi and Mohammad Ali are the most in form T20 bowlers in the country.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Abdullah has technical issues against the new ball. He plays with hard hands and commits early to deliveries. He needs to spend more time in domestic cricket to refine his skills”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has highlighted certain technical issues opener Abdullah Shafique has when facing the new ball.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Pakistan at least should give a proper go to Arafat Minhas before [the] Champions Trophy. If he isn’t ready, [then] you could look back to Shadab Khan”
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Pakistan power-hitter Sohaib Maqsood believes spin-bowling all-rounder Arafat Minhas should continue being picked over Shadab Khan for the time being.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Imam-ul-Haq has an ODI average of almost 49 with nine centuries. His domestic record also supports his inclusion in the team”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood wants Imam-ul-Haq recalled to the ODI team as he believes the opener deserves it.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Get him ready for [the] Champions Trophy, we don’t have any chance without him”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has admitted that the men in green “don’t have any chance” of winning the 2025 Champions Trophy without power-hitter Fakhar Zaman.
