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.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Mohammad Ali should also be considered for white-ball selection, maybe also for [the] Champions Trophy as [a] [back-up] bowler to Shaheen, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Sohaib Maqsood thinks fast bowler Mohammad Ali should be considered for selection in white-ball cricket and the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Sohaib Maqsood: “If Saim Ayub isn’t available for the Champions Trophy, it will be a major setback. Pakistan’s entire ODI setup is based around his performances and his role as a batsman and part-time bowler”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has admitted that it will be a “major setback” for the men in green if opener Saim Ayub is ruled out of the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Abdullah Shafique has been out of form in ODI cricket for the past year. I don’t think Pakistan should persist with him for the Champions Trophy. Instead, we should consider Imam-ul-Haq or even Shan Masood as opening options”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has advised the selectors not to pick opener Abdullah Shafique for the 2025 Champions Trophy since he “has been out of form in ODI cricket for the past year”.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Abbas Afridi is such difficult to bowler to plan a premeditate shot [against] as a batsman, [he] so many variations and doesn’t give [any] width at all”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has called speedster Abbas Afridi a star in the making as he is such a difficult bowler to face.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Imam-ul-Haq may be slightly better. Imam has miles better batting average than Abdullah”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood feels opener Imam-ul-Haq “may be slightly better” than Abdullah Shafique.
Sohaib Maqsood: “So happy for Imam-ul-Haq, richly earned his place”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood admitted he is “so happy” to see opener Imam-ul-Haq back in the Test team for the upcoming two-match series against the West Indies as he “richly earned his place”.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Please show some more trust on Aamer Jamal. As [a] bowler lately, we have seen he isn’t bowling as much as a bowler who bowls around 90 miles should bowl”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood wants to see speedster Aamer Jamal utilised properly as he believes the 28-year-old is not bowling as much as a 90 mph bowler should.
Sohaib Maqsood: “I always said Abrar is genuinely a white-ball bowler, [he was] finally given a chance and proved it”
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Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood said he always knew mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed would be a good white-ball bowler.
Sohaib Maqsood: “[The] most talented T20 opening batter in Pakistan I would say by far [is] Hasan Nawaz”
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Veteran batsman Sohaib Maqsood believes Hasan Nawaz is the “most talented T20 opening batter in Pakistan”.
