Inzamam-ul-Haq: “In the last World Cup I felt the captain and players were under pressure because they were thinking if we don’t do well in the tournament we will be out”
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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has shockingly revealed that the country’s 2019 World Cup team was very insecure.
Kamran Akmal: “I think it should be MS Dhoni and 2nd option KL Rahul”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes that MS Dhoni should be India’s wicketkeeper for the T20 World Cup.
Mushtaq Ahmed: “After India’s loss to England, Jason Holder, Chris Gayle and Andre Russell said to me, Mushy, India didn’t want to see Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has revealed that the West Indies trio of Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Jason Holder believed that India didn’t want to see Pakistan in the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup.
Abdul Razzaq: “There is no doubt in this. I had told this at that time as well. In fact, everyone else opined the same. For a person who can hit fours and sixes at will, he was blocking everything…Hence, one tends to know”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has claimed that India deliberately lost to England during the 2019 World Cup in order to quash Pakistan’s hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals.
Mohammad Asif: “My job is [to] perform on the ground – look at Wahab who went to play in the World Cup – we both played for WAPDA and I took 19 wickets in 2 games but Wahab had 2 wickets but he got called for the World Cup”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has made it clear that there is no bad blood between him and left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz.
Mohammad Asif: “Our bowlers had best conditions for swing and seam bowling, but they did not make use of them”
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif noted that the national team failed to win the 2019 World Cup since their bowlers didn’t take advantage of the conditions.
Sarfaraz Ahmed: “I am happy that Shaheen has been promoted to category A as he performed really well in the 2019 World Cup and Test cricket as well”
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Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has revealed that he has been really impressed with how much progress left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has made.
Shoaib Akhtar: “It was a special innings, he should have reached the century mark and I wanted him to hit a century. For that bouncer where I got him out, I would have loved to see a sixer”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has admitted that he was “very sad” when he dismissed iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the 2003 World Cup.
Mohammad Yousuf said Imran Khan was his “cricket hero”
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Former Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has revealed that legendary captain and all-rounder Imran Khan is his “cricket hero”.
Mohammad Yousuf: “even then, after Pakistan won the Champions Trophy, I said it on live television that if he doesn’t improve his technique then he will get stuck in future. Now look at him, he is stuck and is yet to show any improvement”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf revealed that even when opener Fakhar Zaman was playing superb cricket, he advised him to work on his technique as it would come back to haunt him in the future.
