Tanvir Ahmed: “Even if you don’t like him, swallow the bitter pill. Select him for the national team and let him prove himself. Farhan is excelling domestically – his starts are strong and he’s performing under pressure”
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Former Pakistan seamer Tanvir Ahmed has urged the selectors to keep picking big-hitting batsman Sahibzada Farhan in the national team, even if they don’t like him.
Tanvir Ahmed: “Don’t even think about T20 cricket without Babar Azam, Rizwan, Saim and Fakhar”
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Former Pakistan seamer Tanvir Ahmed believes batsmen Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman must be in the T20I team all the time.
Tanvir Ahmed: “Our selectors are wasting talent like Mehran Mumtaz, just see how great is his batting along with bowling… he is a good T20 cricketer”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Tanvir Ahmed believes the selectors are wasting left-arm spinner Mehran Mumtaz’s talent.
Tanvir Ahmed: “He has just nine wickets in the last 20 innings, a batting average of only 10 in his last 34 innings, and yet he is included in Pakistan’s squad”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed was in disbelief that all-rounder Faheem Ashraf was picked in the team for the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Tanvir Ahmed: “Aaqib Javed is too focused on spin; he can’t understand that our batters are having difficulty scoring runs due to the spin tracks”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed has slammed head coach Aaqib Javed for being “too focused on spin”.
Tanvir Ahmed: “I am the same person who said when Imam came into the team that it was a wrong decision, and today I say that dropping Imam from the ODI team is wrong”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed believes it was wrong for opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq to be dropped from the ODI team.
Tanvir Ahmed: “The likes of Sajid Khan and Noman Ali thrive in such conditions, but it doesn’t prepare them for international challenges. These spinners don’t have the ability to perform on tracks with less assistance”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed has taken aim at spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, saying they can’t do well on pitches that offer less assistance.
Tanvir Ahmed: “While they shine on spinning tracks in Pakistan, they struggle against fast bowlers and bouncy pitches abroad. They need to prove their worth in these conditions”
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Former Pakistan seamer Tanvir Ahmed has called out middle order batsmen Saud Shakeel and Salman Ali Agha, saying they “struggle against fast bowlers and bouncy pitches abroad”.
Tanvir Ahmed: “If Saim Ayub gives a top-class performance in the Champions Trophy, then he will rule world cricket, mark my words”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed believes if opening batsman Saim Ayub is fit to play in the 2025 Champions Trophy and puts up a “top-class performance”, he “will rule world cricket”.
Tanvir Ahmed: “Where are the selectors, where is Sajid Khan, what kind of drama is this, why is he not in the Test team, if there is any fitness issue then tell me”
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Former Pakistan speedster Tanvir Ahmed has expressed his anger over the decision to drop spinner Sajid Khan for the ongoing two-Test series against South Africa.
