Ahmed Shehzad: “For Fakhar Zaman, it is being said that he will win matches when he plays, but tell us, Fakhar has been playing T20s for 10 years; when will he perform?”
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Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad wants to know when top order batsman Fakhar Zaman will perform in T20Is.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Calling them key players would be wrong and unfair. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not Pakistan cricket’s key players at the moment. Key players are those who win matches for Pakistan”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez honestly believes that batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan can no longer be classed as key players.
Umar Akmal on Babar Azam: “I told Babar that look give me a fair chance. You are doing well in the top order and I can be your finisher and we can win matches regularly and it will be good for Pakistan cricket. He didn’t listen to me”
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has revealed that he asked Babar Azam to let him return to the national team and play the role of a finisher, but was ignored.
Ahmed Shehzad: “You need to form the playing XI for winning matches rather than forming the team to adjust or save any player like Shaheen Shah Afridi or Naseem Shah. You cannot take such steps”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad has told Test captain Shan Masood that he has to stop trying to save players like the pace duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah.
Ramiz Raja: “Shan Masood has to give the answers because he is spearheading the side. It’s the job of the leader to win the matches for his side. Shan Masood had made fumbles on many accounts”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has taken aim at Test captain Shan Masood, saying he has “made fumbles on many accounts”.
Shan Masood: “Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, and even Aamer Jamal to an extent — when they step in, whether Shaheen or Naseem Shah or another isn’t available, they all offer something that can win Pakistan games and pick those 20 crucial wickets”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood believes the pace quartet of Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali and Aamer Jamal are all capable of winning games for the national team.
Shoaib Akhtar: “He has to win the games, if he doesn’t, he won’t be able to keep his place in T20Is. I am telling you right now. He won’t be able to find his place in ODIs if he can’t finish”
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Iconic Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has warned limited overs captain Babar Azam that he could lose his spot in the T20I and ODI teams if he does not learn how to finish games again.
Mohammad Wasim: “Mohammad Haris took you to the final”
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Former chief selector Mohammad Wasim has questioned why Pakistan didn’t stick with big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris when he took them to the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Mohammad Amir: “No one doubts the abilities of Shadab and Azam. They can win a one-sided match on their day. They both need one good match to get back in form”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has made it clear that “no one doubts the abilities” of spinner Shadab Khan and wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan.
Wahab Riaz: “There was so much speculation in the media which gave a perception that if we had not gone to Kakul, they (Babar and Shaheen) might have hit each other”
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Pakistan selection committee member Wahab Riaz has dismissed the perception that Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi hate each other, insisting that things would never spiral out of control where they would end up hitting each other.