Shoaib Akhtar: “Jasprit Bumrah’s game awareness is exactly like Wasim Akram’s. He’s a thinking fast bowler and has the best yorker in world cricket”
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Legendary 161.3 kph Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has lauded India speedster Jasprit Bumrah, saying his game awareness is just as good as Wasim Akram’s.
Wasim Akram: “Dropping Babar Azam is the need of the hour. Pakistan needs batters who can bat at a strike-rate of around 150”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram said dropping batsman Babar Azam from the T20I team “is the need of the hour”.
Rashid Latif: “The way Salman Ali Agha sets the bowling, I’m telling you, even if you gave him Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, or Shoaib Akhtar, he’d still find a way to lose with them too”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif has strongly criticised T20I captain Salman Ali Agha’s bowling tactics, claiming he would still lose matches even with the legendary pace trio of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar at his disposal.
Wasim Akram: “Usman Tariq is unreadable”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Wasim Akram has praised spinner Usman Tariq, saying his bowling is “unreadable”.
Rao Iftikhar Anjum: “Fast bowlers like Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are impossible to find again”
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Pakistan Under-19 bowling coach Rao Iftikhar Anjum believes it will be impossible to find any fast bowlers like the legendary duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
Ali Raza: “I watch bowlers like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved and Mohammad Sami”
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Rising star Ali Raza said he studies bowlers such as Pakistan’s pace quintet of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Mohammad Sami.
Mitchell Starc: “Wasim Akram’s still a far better bowler than I am. So as far as I’m concerned he’s still the pinnacle of left-armers and certainly right up there with bowlers to ever play the game”
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Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc insists legendary Pakistan swing king Wasim Akram is “still a far better bowler than I am”, even after overtaking him as the most successful left-arm fast bowler in Test history.
Wasim Akram: “I haven’t talked much about this yet, and I don’t have any inside news, but I knew about it two years ago – cricketers aren’t focusing enough on their fitness”
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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram has slammed the Pakistan team for not focusing enough on their fitness.
Dale Steyn: “Left-arm swing king”
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Legendary South Africa speedster Dale Steyn has hailed iconic Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram, dubbing him the “left-arm swing king.”
Wasim Akram: “Right now, Shaheen Afridi is your best T20 player. He also has captaincy experience from the PSL. There’s no better option than Shaheen for the T20 format at the moment”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram believes Shaheen Shah Afridi is the best option as T20I captain and should replace Salman Ali Agha.
