Shoaib Akhtar: “If PCB asks me to take the job and improve Pakistan cricket, I will take it. If they give me the responsibility, I will make these 12 players superstars and then create 22,000 superstars more”
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Fast bowling icon Shoaib Akhtar has declared that he will be able to “create 22,000 superstars” if the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) entrusted him with improving cricket in the country.
Babar Azam: “As far as promising youngsters are concerned, Saim Ayub, Omair Bin Yousaf, and Mohammad Haris are potential superstars in my opinion”
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Babar Azam, the Pakistan cricket captain, has backed Saim Ayub, Omair Bin Yousuf and Mohammad Haris to become superstars in the future.
Rashid Latif: “There seems to be an issue between Babar and some former superstar cricketers in Pakistan, who have resorted to involving their own associates with the board to strip him of his captaincy”
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Rashid Latif, the former wicketkeeper-batsman, believes ex-superstar cricketers are trying to remove Babar Azam as Pakistan captain.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Sajid Khan (off-spinner) [and] Zahid Mehmood (leg-spinner)”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez believes that spinners Sajid Khan and Zahid Mahmood are superstars in the making.
Junaid Khan: “Rohail Nazir, Musa Khan [and] Naseem Shah”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Junaid Khan believes that pace bowler Naseem Shah, wicketkeeper-batsman Rohail Nazir and speedster Muhammad Musa can be superstars in the future.
Bilal Asif: “What a knock Fawad Alam, super hundred and excellent performance from captain Mohammad Rizwan”
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Pakistan spinner Bilal Asif has said Fawad Alam and stand-in captain Mohammad Rizwan are two superstars for the way they fought in the first Test against New Zealand.
Danish Kaneria: “Amir blasted the recent management of PCB for the treatment he is facing, ex-Test cricketers and superstars of Pakistan support a convict”
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Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has slammed the fact that left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir is supported by former players even though he was convicted of spot-fixing.
Shane Watson: “We are fortunate to have these two young superstars of fast bowling”
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Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has called Pakistan seamers Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain “superstars of fast bowling”.
Ahmed Shehzad: “What does need to happen is to identify some players as potential superstars and then develop them over a period of time”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad believes that the secret to unearthing more superstars is to identify talented players and “develop them over a period of time”.
Wasim Bari: “There is a need to educate young players about how to attain [a high level of] fitness”
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Former wicketkeeper-batsman Wasim Bari believes that in order for Pakistan to unearth future talents, they must place a greater importance on fitness at the grassroots level.
