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Inzi speaking with Ashwin on a YouTube chat:
Ashwin asked this question:
"There is a top quality player who has become part of the Pakistan side after a long time - his name is Babar Azam; What do you think about Babar Azam? Babar Azam looks like a million dollar player; He batted well in England and made a 100 in Australia; One really feels good when one sees Babar - he is a treat for the eyes - what do you think of Babar Azam, Inzi Bhai?"
Inzamam:
"Babar Azam is a great player; After a long time, I have seen a batsman like him who is a natural stroke-player; When I was Chief Selector, Babar wasnt performing that well in Tests and there was a lot of pressure on us to drop him but I felt that this was not possible as he was a such a good player"
Other Inzamam quotes:
"I might be wrong but the fact is that Babar is yet to perform to his true potential; He needs to perform better than he is doing now; He has God Given talent in the way he has been blessed with a great eye [whilst batting], how his hands move while he bats, his timing - all of these mean that he should be able to perform better than what he does now"
"A batsman is at the peak of his skills after he has played 7-8 years in international cricker; So I feel he has yet to peak and he should rise to higher heights"
"If you ask any kid in Pakistan about who they want be become when they grow up, they will say I want to be like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis or Shoaib Akhtar - our children have the passion 'janoon' of becoming pace-bowlers"
"No kid will say I want to become Saeed Anwar, Javed Miandad or Babar Azam - no one says that"
"It wasnt difficult to handle Shahid Afridi as a captain but the fact is that he had his own style of thinking; Shahid was not a rude person but if I told Shahid please play slowly and dont play big shots and to play cautiously based on team position- then he would find that difficult to do"
"I spoke a lot of times with him about this but he just said look I cannot control myself; I even play the big shots when I dont want to in my mind; So seems there were things which werent in his own control"
"Those who do Yes Sir to the captain all the time cannot be superstars or great players; That's because great players have their own style of thinking"
Ashwin asked this question:
"There is a top quality player who has become part of the Pakistan side after a long time - his name is Babar Azam; What do you think about Babar Azam? Babar Azam looks like a million dollar player; He batted well in England and made a 100 in Australia; One really feels good when one sees Babar - he is a treat for the eyes - what do you think of Babar Azam, Inzi Bhai?"
Inzamam:
"Babar Azam is a great player; After a long time, I have seen a batsman like him who is a natural stroke-player; When I was Chief Selector, Babar wasnt performing that well in Tests and there was a lot of pressure on us to drop him but I felt that this was not possible as he was a such a good player"
Other Inzamam quotes:
"I might be wrong but the fact is that Babar is yet to perform to his true potential; He needs to perform better than he is doing now; He has God Given talent in the way he has been blessed with a great eye [whilst batting], how his hands move while he bats, his timing - all of these mean that he should be able to perform better than what he does now"
"A batsman is at the peak of his skills after he has played 7-8 years in international cricker; So I feel he has yet to peak and he should rise to higher heights"
"If you ask any kid in Pakistan about who they want be become when they grow up, they will say I want to be like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis or Shoaib Akhtar - our children have the passion 'janoon' of becoming pace-bowlers"
"No kid will say I want to become Saeed Anwar, Javed Miandad or Babar Azam - no one says that"
"It wasnt difficult to handle Shahid Afridi as a captain but the fact is that he had his own style of thinking; Shahid was not a rude person but if I told Shahid please play slowly and dont play big shots and to play cautiously based on team position- then he would find that difficult to do"
"I spoke a lot of times with him about this but he just said look I cannot control myself; I even play the big shots when I dont want to in my mind; So seems there were things which werent in his own control"
"Those who do Yes Sir to the captain all the time cannot be superstars or great players; That's because great players have their own style of thinking"
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