Shadab Khan: “Naseem was under a lot of tension, and he was even refusing to take his brothers, but obviously, we had to look at our team and pick the best options”
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Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan has revealed that fast bowler Naseem Shah was hesitant about picking his brothers, Hunain and Ubaid, in the Islamabad United squad for the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Mohammad Amir: “I will not talk about who should be excluded from the team but I would try to bring Usama Mir in the team combination”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir wants spinner Usama Mir to be given more chances to prove his worth.
Kamran Akmal: “The only solution to this is for Rizwan to establish himself as an opener as that would not only make him indispensable but also result in an excellent team combination”
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Kamran Akmal believes that wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan needs to open the batting in T20 Internationals or he may potentially be dropped in the future.
Kamran Akmal: “The team combination would be perfect if they play the wicketkeeper as an opener”
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Kamran Akmal has interestingly suggested that a wicketkeeper-batsman open the batting with limited overs captain Babar Azam in T20 Internationals.
Ramiz Raja: “At times for the good of the team you will have to sacrifice your best friends, with whom you have played cricket at lower levels, because they won’t improve the team combination”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has shockingly said that limited overs skipper Babar Azam will have to sacrifice his “best friends” at times.
Fawad Alam: “I think our team combination was not right to begin with and we were also reluctant to drop players who were not performing”
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Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam has attributed the national team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals to the fact that they didn’t pick the right players in their first few games.
Shahid Afridi: “Pakistan failed to take advantage [of] the fact that they are the only team after the hosts who were in England well before the start of the mega event”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder and former captain Shahid Afridi believes that the national team failed to take advantage of the fact that they had more team than any other international team to get accustomed to the conditions in England ahead of the World Cup.
Aamir Sohail: “Pakistan got their team combination horribly wrong during the Asia Cup”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail believes that team combination used during the Asia Cup proved to be disastrous and was the reason why the men in green failed to reach the final.
