Would have been a tough decision, Shahid Afridi on overlooking Pakistan player

Shahid Afridi said it would have been a tough decision for the selectors to overlook Pakistan spinner Usama Mir

Shahid Afridi: “Honestly, I think it would have been a tough decision for the selection committee to bench Usama. They must have seen that Shadab, Imad, and Iftikhar are their spinning options. Agha Salman also bowls, and Saim Ayub does too”

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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes it “would have been a tough decision” for the national selectors to overlook spinner Usama Mir following his return to form.

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Friendship tag got removed, Shadab Khan had no choice but to let Pakistan player go

Shadab Khan said he had to remove the friendship tag between him and Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali when letting him go from Islamabad United to the Karachi Kings for PSL 9

Shadab Khan: “Hasan has gone to a new franchise with Shan Masood. With Islamabad, Karachi suits him too as a franchise given the nature he has. It was a tough decision, but we couldn’t do anything about it, so we let him go”

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Islamabad United captain Shadab Khan said he had no choice but to let Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali go ahead of the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL).

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Tough decision to leave Quetta Gladiators, 23-year-old up-and-coming Pakistan wicketkeeper says

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan said it was a tough decision to leave the Quetta Gladiators

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan: “It was a tough decision leaving Quetta because they had given me the first opportunity in the PSL. I’d been playing for them for the past three-four years”

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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan has opened up about being traded from the Quetta Gladiators to Islamabad United, saying it was a “tough decision” to leave.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Virender Sehwag’s attitude and form led him to being dropped, says Sunil Gavaskar

Sehwag has failed to be of any use to India over the past number of series

Former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes opener Virender Sehwag’s lazy attitude and recent slump in form were the two key reasons as to why the national selectors had to make the tough decision of dropping him.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Peter Siddle strikes back at vegetarian critics

Siddle vows to stick to his vegetarian diet no matter what anyone says or thinks

Australia pace bowler Peter Siddle has lashed out against his critics for saying that his vegetarian diet played a key role in hindering his recuperating process for the pivotal third Test against South Africa after an exhausting bowling spell during the second Test at Adelaide.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: You cannot compare Sachin Tendulkar to Ricky Ponting or vice versa, says Gautam Gambhir

Gambhir believes it is impossible to compare the two legends

India batsman Gautam Gambhir has announced that Sachin Tendulkar and former Australia captain Ricky Ponting cannot be compared to each other since they play for different countries with almost non-identical conditions.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Michael Clarke insists decision to select Matthew Wade or Brad Haddin still ongoing

Haddin is unlikely to be picked ahead of Wade for the South Africa series

Australia captain Michael Clarke has urged the media and public to stop the ongoing speculation about wicketkeeper Brad Haddin’s Test career being over after Matthew Wade was supposedly chosen ahead of him for the upcoming Test series against South Africa.

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