Shadab Khan: “I haven’t played four-day cricket for quite some time. I plan to take out time to play four-day cricket after the World Cup because currently, there is no such opportunity for me to play four-day cricket”
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Shadab Khan, the limited overs vice-captain, has vowed to start playing first-class cricket again after representing Pakistan in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Aakash Chopra: “There is no Fab Four now in Test Cricket. Virat Kohli is out of it. Babar Azam has scored runs and he can be part of it but not yet. For now, it is Fab Three with Kane [Williamson], [Joe] Root and [Steve] Smith”
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Aakash Chopra, the former India batsman, believes Pakistan captain Babar Azam isn’t quite at the level required to be in Test cricket’s Fab Four.
Babar Azam: “We try to play with the best possible playing XI. He (Rizwan) is also our main player but we try to play with the best possible playing XI according to the conditions. We are not to decide anyone’s career”
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Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, said he is not trying to “decide anyone’s career” when addressing the non-selection of wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan in the Test team.
Babar Azam: “He will be my first choice [as wicketkeeper]”
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Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, has confirmed that Sarfaraz Ahmed will be his first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman in Test cricket over Mohammad Rizwan.
Harbhajan Singh: “He is very good in Test cricket, but maybe T20 doesn’t suit him a lot”
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Harbhajan Singh, the former India spinner, has shared his opinion that Pakistan captain Babar Azam is not suited to play T20Is.
Shadab Khan: “After the World Cup, I will play four-day cricket, and I will try my best to perform well there, then I will aim for Test matches. Until I play four-day cricket, I cannot play Test matches”
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Shadab Khan, the Pakistan spinner, knows that he has no chance of playing Test cricket until he makes a return to first-class cricket at the domestic level.
Haroon Rasheed: “You cannot rule him (Shadab Khan) out because we are also considering the idea that some of our white-ball cricketers can also play Test cricket”
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Haroon Rasheed, the former Pakistan chief selector, insisted spinner Shadab Khan’s Test career is not over as there is still a possibility he will return to the format in the future.
Haroon Rasheed: “Players like Muhammad Hurraira can fill the spot of big players like Azhar Ali”
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Haroon Rasheed, the former chief selector, has picked up-and-coming batsman Muhammad Hurraira as the man to replace Azhar Ali in the Pakistan Test team.
Mickey Arthur: “If anything he needs to get his loads up to play Test cricket… It is being monitored all the time”
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Mickey Arthur, the Pakistan team director, has brushed off concerns about left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s workload, saying he should be playing more cricket.
Kamran Akmal: “He plays domestic cricket. Selection shouldn’t be solely based on [the] PSL. There is T20 cricket and ODI. He has left four-day cricket but there is Test cricket, he can still make a comeback in Test cricket”
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Kamran Akmal believes Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir “can still make a comeback in Test cricket” even though he no longer plays first-class cricket.
