Mohammad Hafeez: “Surely your hunger to get more runs contributing [to] winning matches for [the] team will grow more with time”
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New Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez is convinced that batsman Babar Azam’s “hunger to get more runs” will “grow more with time.”
Azhar Ali: “Thank you Babar Azam for your efforts as captain for Pakistan. I am sure this won’t be your last time that you captain Pakistan. Everything happens for good and for learning”
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Former batsman Azhar Ali firmly believes that this won’t be the last time Babar Azam captains Pakistan.
Mohammad Amir: “If you want to prepare any youngster for Test captaincy, Sarfaraz still has 2 years left in cricket, so appoint him as the captain along with a youngster as vice-captain”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir believes Sarfaraz Ahmed should have been named Test captain for the next two years so that a youngster could have been groomed to take over.
Aaqib Javed: “Babar is a good batter, but he is not a good captain”
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Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed has taken a shot at Pakistan star Babar Azam, saying he is a “good batter” but a poor captain.
Mohammad Rizwan: “You are definitely one of the greatest batsmen Pakistan has ever seen. Your honesty, love, integrity, thoughts, and efforts for Pakistan as the captain are the things to look up to. May you continue to shine for Pakistan, Ameen”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has called Babar Azam “one of the greatest batsmen” the country has ever produced.
Ramiz Raja: “He is not entirely out of touch, he is still middling the ball, but it’s that when he begins his innings against spin, he looks just a little bit jittery”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has admitted that batsman Babar Azam is “a little bit jittery” against spin bowling early on, but is “not entirely out of touch.”
Babar Azam: “Shaheen is our best bowler”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam believes left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is the team’s “best bowler” as he constantly delivers incredible performances.
Aaqib Javed: “He did not win anything as captain in [the] Pakistan Super League. People say he is a good captain, but where did he show his good captaincy?”
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Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed has questioned whether Babar Azam, at any point, showed he was the right man to captain Pakistan.
Mohammad Kaif: “Somehow feel this Pakistan team was too soft, their pacers too nice. Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib were intimidating. They would stare at you, even sledge. Babar, Shaheen, Rauf – they lacked that aura, they looked too friendly”
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Former India batsman Mohammad Kaif believes Pakistan batsman Babar Azam and the pace duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf were nowhere near as intimidating as the legendary fast bowling trio of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar.
Shahid Afridi: “I wanted Babar to be on the list of top captains. He has been captaining for 3-4 years. During this period, there was never a sword hanging over his captaincy. We all supported him”
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Former interim chief selector Shahid Afridi said there was “never a sword hanging over” Babar Azam during his time as Pakistan captain.
