Salman Butt: “Saud Shakeel’s batting technique is very good and the way he bats, he can be successful in ODIs as well”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes middle order batsman Saud Shakeel can have a long and successful career in ODI cricket.
Hasan Ali: “After every Test, there were talks about dropping Babar in the next series”
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Hasan Ali, the Pakistan fast bowler, has recalled how there were talks about dropping captain Babar Azam after every Test match he played.
Josh Hazlewood: “Probably his weakness early [on was] we used to bowl quite wide to him and he’d, probably more in Test cricket, nick to the slips a few times”
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Josh Hazlewood, the Australia pace bowler, pointed out that back in the day, he used to “bowl quite wide” to Babar Azam as the Pakistan captain had a tendency to nick the ball to the slips.
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.
