Kamran Akmal: “Pakistan’s squad for the T20 World Cup should not be selected based on friendship. The team should be selected on merit and based on the conditions of Australia”
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Wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has questioned whether the Pakistan team for the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia was “selected based on friendship”.
Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf: “It is every player’s desire to play in the World Cup. I am fully fit and trying to give my best so that I can make a spot for myself in the T20 squad for the World Cup”
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Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf is determined to secure a spot for himself in Pakistan’s squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Rashid Latif: “Yasir Shah should not have been dropped for [the] Zimbabwe tour”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif said spinner Yasir Shah deserves to be in the national team.
Jalaluddin: “Players who deliver for the team and not himself is what the team needs”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Jalaluddin said the selectors need to pick players who deliver for the team rather than themselves.
Imad Wasim: “Mohammad Rizwan has worked really hard and Allah Almighty has given him the reward for it,”
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Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim said Allah is rewarding Multan Sultans skipper Mohammad Rizwan, who has been in red-hot form as of late.
Moin Khan: “Umar Akmal had an issue which affected our team’s composition deeply”
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Quetta Gladiators head coach Moin Khan said Umar Akmal deeply “affected our team’s composition” after he was banned for failing to report corrupt approaches ahead of last year’s Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Younis Khan: “If you look at a player like Saeed Anwar, [he] made a pair in his first Test but became a great batsman after that”
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Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan said legendary batsman Saeed Anwar made two ducks in his Test debut, but the team and selectors continued investing in him.
Pakistan batsman Asif Ali: “When you are a middle-order batsman, the expectation is that you will finish the innings or take the team to a win in a run chase”
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Pakistan batsman Asif Ali has admitted that he loves the fact that he is seen as a finisher.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Well done Hasan Ali”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has lavished praise on seamer Hasan Ali following his outstanding performance in the recent Test series against South Africa.
Younis Khan: “Babar Azam is very young”
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Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan said captain Babar Azam is still very young and will be a crucial player in the country’s T20 World Cup squad.
