Salman Butt: “He doesn’t seem to have time against fast bowlers”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt said England top order batsman Haseeb Hameed seems to struggle against fast bowling.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “If they don’t score at a good strike-rate, the team will find itself in a difficult situation”
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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said if current skipper Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan don’t score quick enough, the national team will struggle.
Wasim Akram: “Sharjeel doesn’t charge down the wicket, make room or go towards the off-side while batting. I hope Sharjeel works on this”
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Pakistan great Wasim Akram said opening batsman Sharjeel Khan makes it difficult for himself to score runs at times.
Mohammad Amir: “Even early on, he struggles against the ball that goes away”
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Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Mohammad Amir said India opener Rohit Sharma has a weakness against out-swing early into his innings.
Mohammad Amir: “I find it easy to bowl to Rohit. I feel I can dismiss him both ways. He struggles against in-swinging deliveries from left-handers”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has claimed that India opener Rohit Sharma struggles against in-swinging deliveries.
Younis Khan: “His fitness is improving [and] his technique as well, especially where he used to struggle against spin in the past but what we saw was that he overcame that problem in South Africa”
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Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan admitted that captain Babar Azam used to struggle against spin, but showed that he has overcome the problem during the recently-concluded series against South Africa.
Shoaib Akhtar: “You guys can’t even realise, how difficult it was to bat against the likes of Wasim [Akram] and Waqar [Younis] bowling at 100 mph and reverse swinging the ball”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes batsmen today would have no chance of surviving at the crease if they were facing the iconic duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
Pakistan batsman Shoaib Maqsood: “Defeating New Zealand on their home ground is a tough ask”
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Former Pakistan batsman Shoaib Mohammad believes that the national team will struggle during their upcoming series against New Zealand.
Intikhab Alam: “the pressure of captaincy [in three formats], can damage the performance of any individual and it happened in the past on a number of occasions with leading cricketers”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Intikhab Alam said that captain Babar Azam is a good omen right now as he is scoring runs, but that could change in the future.
Pakistan pace bowler Zia-ul-Haq: “Having the departments in place as it used to be meant that players were able to survive financially and now that those departments are gone, these players are struggling to make ends meet”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Zia-ul-Haq has called for the return of departmental cricket, saying that “players are struggling to make ends meet”.
