Usman Qadir: “It is not my job to say that Shadab [Khan] did not perform. Whichever player you don’t like, you say that he is playing on friendship quota”
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Usman Qadir has refused to talk bad about fellow Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan, saying it is not his job to say the 25-year-old hasn’t performed well.
Salman Butt: “We don’t work with the best match-winning leg-spinners in Pakistan, Usman [Qadir] and Usama Mir, despite their domestic performances”
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Former captain Salman Butt believes Usman Qadir and Usama Mir are the “best match-winning leg-spinners in Pakistan” and questioned why they are not being given chances to play international cricket.
Usman Qadir: “When I inquired, they said Hafeez bhai is not agreeing. Since Hafeez bhai is the director, and he’s not agreeing, they can’t select me”
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Pakistan spinner Usman Qadir has named former team director Mohammad Hafeez as the man responsible for blocking his return to the national team.
Usman Qadir on Shaheen Shah Afridi: “I was happy that I might make a comeback. But I didn’t receive any call, and the team was announced without my name”
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Pakistan spinner Usman Qadir admitted to being disappointed that left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi broke the promise he made him.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “Currently, we have four spinners, they are leg-spinners, Usman Qadir on which you are banking for the past two or three years. There’s Usama Mir, Shadab Khan as well. Zahid Mahmood, who has taken plenty of wickets in first-class cricket”
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Legendary cricketer Mushtaq Ahmed said Pakistan have four main leg-spinners to choose from right now – Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Usman Qadir and Zahid Mahmood.
Wahab Riaz: “The four spinners we have called in the camp are because we want to work on them and they are assets for Pakistan cricket. We will need them in the future as well and it is our duty as an organisation to work on them”
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Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz has indicated that spinners Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir and Usman Qadir still have a future in the national team, saying “we will need them in the future.”
Usman Qadir: “He is representing the Pakistan team as a captain. He is the one carrying the team”
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Usman Qadir, the Pakistan spinner, has praised batting superstar Babar Azam for carrying the men in green despite constantly having so much pressure on his shoulders.
Usman Qadir: “He has to take all the decisions, which in itself is a daunting task”
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Leg-spinner Usman Qadir said Pakistan captain Babar Azam constantly faces the “daunting task” of making decisions that will ultimately affect the national team.
Usman Qadir on Babar Azam: “In fact, Babar’s friendship has caused me more harm than benefit because that has always added extra pressure on both of us equally”
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Usman Qadir, the Pakistan spinner, believes that his friendship with captain Babar Azam has “caused me more harm than benefit.”
Usman Qadir: “I want to make a comeback in the Pakistan team but I need to improve my performance. There is no point in giving statements without performance”
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Usman Qadir, the Pakistan spinner, admitted there is no point talking about making an international comeback without having the performances to back it up.
