Salman Butt: “Babar Azam is not at par with Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith or Kane Williamson”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt believes Babar Azam is not as good as India’s Virat Kohli, England’s Joe Root, Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson.
Junaid Khan: “Babar had not improved as a captain. If you see Sarfaraz Ahmed, he kept improving day by day. We won the Champions Trophy under his leadership, became World No.1 in T20Is”
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Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan believes Babar Azam was a worse captain than Sarfaraz Ahmed as he failed to make any improvement.
Kamran Akmal: “Experiments have made the state of cricket worse in the country. Sami Aslam has left Pakistan for the United States. Let the season end, many more names will emerge”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes many players will follow Sami Aslam out the door at the end of the season.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Looking at the way we are going and our mentality and mindset, I think our cricket will end up worse than our hockey. This is what happens when you bring average people”
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Iconic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar fears for the future of Pakistan cricket, saying it could “end up worse than our hockey”.
Shoaib Akhtar on Sarfraz Ahmed’s four-match ban: “It could have been much worse”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes that captain Sarfraz Ahmed should consider himself lucky that he only received a four-match ban for his racial comment against South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo.
Shakib Al Hasan will be sidelined for four to six weeks
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Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan won’t be available for the Asia Cup final against India as the condition of his fractured finger has become worse.
It remains unclear when Domingo will return to England
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South Africa head coach Russell Domingo has returned home from England once again after his mother passed away on Sunday.
“After the final he gave a big dressing-down to the player”
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A BCCI official has revealed that Anil Kumble gave a player a “dressing down” right after the team’s 180-run loss to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final.
Domingo’s contract will expire after South Africa’s tour of England
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Russell Domingo only has two days left to reapply for the head coach position being advertised by Cricket South Africa, but he is unsure whether he wants to do so.
“They should express their talent and play a really positive brand of cricket”
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Kumar Sangakkara has admitted that Sri Lanka have to play with “arrogance” if they want to have a chance of beating India in their Champions Trophy match on Thursday.
