Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar: “If the ball moves even a little bit our batters are in trouble. They need to realise that you can’t carry the Rawalpindi pitch everywhere with you”
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Fast bowling great Shoaib Akhtar said if the ball moves a little bit, the Pakistan batsmen “are in trouble”.
Umar Akmal on Babar Azam: “I distinctly remember when he was having difficulties with spinners, getting out around midwicket. He came to me and said, ‘Umar bhai, I’m having a bit of trouble'”
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has revealed Babar Azam asked him for help batting against spinners.
Harsha Bhogle: “Shaheen Afridi, if he doesn’t take wickets with a new ball, the side is a little bit in trouble”
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Well-known cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said trouble starts brewing for Pakistan if left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi doesn’t take early wickets with the new ball.
Mohammad Kaif: “He has a lot of talent. In my opinion, Babar Azam is going to have a lot of difficulty”
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Mohammad Kaif, the former India batsman, believes fast bowler Mohammed Shami is one bowler who can give Pakistan captain Babar Azam “a lot of difficulty.”
Misbah-ul-Haq: “When Babar plays any shot inside the circle, he gets in trouble”
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Misbah-ul-Haq said Pakistan captain Babar Azam finds himself in trouble when he “plays any shot inside the circle” in T20Is.
Ramiz Raja: “He needs to control his quarrelling attitude”
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Ramiz Raja, the former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, said Umar Akmal must stop his quarrelling attitude as it has got him into too much trouble in the past.
Babar Azam: “I think when we lost Agha and Azhar Ali after the tea, I started to get a feeling that we are getting behind”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam said when Agha Salman and Azhar Ali got out after the tea break on the fifth day of the first Test against England in Rawalpindi, he knew his side were in trouble.
Shoaib Akhtar on Rishabh Pant: “My advice to him would be to improve his physique because he has the talent to put a number of teams into trouble”
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Pakistan pace icon Shoaib Akhtar has advised India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant to “improve his physique”.
Mark Waugh: “I don’t think Warner’s looked quite as comfortable against quick bowling in recent times – Mark Wood definitely unsettled him, and Shaheen Afridi will be a big test for him”
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Former Australia batsman Mark Waugh believes that Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi may continue to give opening batsman David Warner a tough time.
Pakistan batsman Mohammad Haris: “I practice every shot, so that I have a Plan B in case the opposing captain changes the field to counter my plans. I want to become a 360 [degree] player”
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Pakistan up-and-coming batsman Mohammad Haris said he wants to become a 360 degree player.