Marco Jansen: “If I were batting, I’d like to face Saeed Ajmal. I was very young back then, and it always seemed like batters struggled to pick him. I’d love to experience how tough it really was to face him”
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South Africa fast-bowling all-rounder Marco Jansen wishes he could have faced legendary Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal.
Aaqib Javed: “Leaving out Sajid Khan, despite his stellar performances against England, was an extremely tough and difficult decision”
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Interim Pakistan red-ball head coach Aaqib Javed has admitted that it was “an extremely tough and difficult decision” to drop spinner Sajid Khan for the upcoming two-Test series against South Africa.
Rashid Latif: “Talking about Babar Azam, he was a skilled player, but in the face of a lean patch, he started charging the ball harder, which made his shot selection really tough”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif believes Babar Azam is making his own shot selection tougher as he has “started charging the ball harder”.
Zakir Hasan: “If you look at the Pakistan bowlers they have always been really good… they have world-class bowlers. So if you play Test or any format against them, it will be tough and challenging to face their pace bowlers”
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Bangladesh opening batsman Zakir Hasan expects to have a “tough and challenging” time in the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan as the men in green have “world-class” fast bowlers.
Pakistan powerhouse Iftikhar Ahmed: “Difficult pitches don’t stop you from performing. You need to practice accordingly and deliver for your team no matter how tough the conditions are”
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Pakistan big-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed said difficult pitches shouldn’t stop batsmen from performing at their best.
Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim: “Who is better than me?”
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Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim said “who is better than me” when asked who would be his first pick as an all-rounder.
Pakistan opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan: “I believe that a player should get a proper chance in one or two series but now that competition is so tough that we have to perform even if there’s just one game for us, we have to perform and do well”
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Pakistan opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan believes he should be given a proper chance to cement his place in the national team.
Pakistan opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq: “I came in the team after playing 47 first-class matches, two Under-19 World Cups and two Pakistani tours, getting called parchi even after all that was a very unfamiliar situation for me. I guess it will be like this till my retirement”
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Imam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan opening batsman, said he expects to keep being called “parchi” until the day he retires from international cricket.
Babar Azam: “It’s challenging to play against him”
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Babar Azam has admitted that he finds it tough whenever he has to face the bowling of Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed: “It was tough to stay out of the national side”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed said it was tough to be ignored by the selectors for such a long time.
