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"It’s beyond me why they dropped Amir from the T20I squad for the Bangladesh series" : Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram on Karachi Kings related matters:
“What we have seen is that those teams win (in PSL) who have a strong bowling line-up”
“We have Mohammad Amir, Chris Jordan, Usama Mir, Liam Plunkett and young Umer Khan; We have variation; We were lacking in death bowling so Jordan and Amir will share the last few overs”
“Our captain, Imad Wasim is an all-rounder and also Iftikhar Ahmed can bowl a few overs, and we have Rizwan as ‘keeper so we have a good enough side”
“Let me be frank and say that our fielding was below standard, I looked at the stats recently and it shows that we were highest in dropped catches, lowest in saving runs and we need to improve that; The presence of Dean Jones will make a big difference in this matter”
“One of the top names in international T20 cricket, Alex Hales is there then we have Babar Azam who is the number one batsman in T20Is, then we picked up Sharjeel Khan so that will be exciting; He is a Karachi boy and will be playing for Karachi”
“Its exciting times for PSL as its being played in Pakistan”
“He’s a natural stroke-player and the instructions given to him will be that he has to play his natural game; We are not going to change anyone’s style of play”
“That mindset in T20 of when you have hit a four, take a single next ball is gone, now its like if you have hit a four, the go for a six next ball”
“Our fielding will improve with the arrival of English players, Babar is a safe fielder as is Iftikhar and Amir”
“We have a good combination – we have Babar, Sharjeel, Hales, Delport, Iftikhar and then Imad or Rizwan after that; I hope we have good pitches to play on; By good pitches I don’t mean just shave grass off it and say its good; What I mean is that the ball comes on nicely onto the bat and we don’t have 120-140 scores being chased with difficulty; They should 160 type pitches so people enjoy watching it and also bowlers get to use their skills nicely”
“As someone who has been connected with cricket, and as a commentator I would say that it’s beyond me why they dropped Mohammad Amir from the T20I squad (for Bangladesh series)”
“If what people on Social Media are saying about Amir that he didn’t play Test cricket, so he was dropped then that’s wrong”
“If he doesn’t want to play Test cricket, then that’s the end of it but he should not be dropped from the T20I team”
“If you talk about going by present form and we picked Haris Rauf because he did well in BBL; In same way Amir performed well in the BPL taking 6 wickets in one game”
“So it didn’t make sense to drop him; Our young bowlers have talent but in the World Cup (T20) you will need experience also”
“With me being around (at practice), the players have a lot of questions for me; This includes the young fast-bowlers as well as the experienced ones – I am there to speak to them, talk to them”
“I cant change actions of bowlers in one month as that takes more time; I am there to tell them about the mental aspects, to show them how to read the batsman, what to bowl when he is playing specific types of shots- so these are the small things that I keep on telling them”
“Iftikhar Ahmed is made for T20s, he is a safe fielder”
“I feel Umer Khan has a lot of cricketing sense for a young guy; he knows what to bowl to which batsman; He doesn’t feel flustered by the big stage, but enjoys the experience”
“What I noted from the previous PSL that bigger the batsman, the more Umer wanted to bowl to him which is a good sign”
“The whole world and world cricket now knows about Babar Azam, everybody is raving about his technique, he’s elegant and consistent, and the most important thing for me is that he is hungry and never satisfied with his performances”
“What I like about Deano is that he’s always involved as a coach; Its not that he shows up in PSL and then disappears for the next 11 months; He’s always in touch with the players, and he knows about Pakistan cricket”
“If we had brought in a new coach, he would have struggled to name players from his own team; Dean Jones will make a major impact on Karachi Kings”
“Babar Azam is Pakistan T20I team captain and he will eventually get his turn (in Karachi)”
“He needs to be a good vice captain and learn how to skipper a side and this will be useful for him in his role as Pakistan captain also”
Wasim Akram on Karachi Kings related matters:
“What we have seen is that those teams win (in PSL) who have a strong bowling line-up”
“We have Mohammad Amir, Chris Jordan, Usama Mir, Liam Plunkett and young Umer Khan; We have variation; We were lacking in death bowling so Jordan and Amir will share the last few overs”
“Our captain, Imad Wasim is an all-rounder and also Iftikhar Ahmed can bowl a few overs, and we have Rizwan as ‘keeper so we have a good enough side”
“Let me be frank and say that our fielding was below standard, I looked at the stats recently and it shows that we were highest in dropped catches, lowest in saving runs and we need to improve that; The presence of Dean Jones will make a big difference in this matter”
“One of the top names in international T20 cricket, Alex Hales is there then we have Babar Azam who is the number one batsman in T20Is, then we picked up Sharjeel Khan so that will be exciting; He is a Karachi boy and will be playing for Karachi”
“Its exciting times for PSL as its being played in Pakistan”
“He’s a natural stroke-player and the instructions given to him will be that he has to play his natural game; We are not going to change anyone’s style of play”
“That mindset in T20 of when you have hit a four, take a single next ball is gone, now its like if you have hit a four, the go for a six next ball”
“Our fielding will improve with the arrival of English players, Babar is a safe fielder as is Iftikhar and Amir”
“We have a good combination – we have Babar, Sharjeel, Hales, Delport, Iftikhar and then Imad or Rizwan after that; I hope we have good pitches to play on; By good pitches I don’t mean just shave grass off it and say its good; What I mean is that the ball comes on nicely onto the bat and we don’t have 120-140 scores being chased with difficulty; They should 160 type pitches so people enjoy watching it and also bowlers get to use their skills nicely”
“As someone who has been connected with cricket, and as a commentator I would say that it’s beyond me why they dropped Mohammad Amir from the T20I squad (for Bangladesh series)”
“If what people on Social Media are saying about Amir that he didn’t play Test cricket, so he was dropped then that’s wrong”
“If he doesn’t want to play Test cricket, then that’s the end of it but he should not be dropped from the T20I team”
“If you talk about going by present form and we picked Haris Rauf because he did well in BBL; In same way Amir performed well in the BPL taking 6 wickets in one game”
“So it didn’t make sense to drop him; Our young bowlers have talent but in the World Cup (T20) you will need experience also”
“With me being around (at practice), the players have a lot of questions for me; This includes the young fast-bowlers as well as the experienced ones – I am there to speak to them, talk to them”
“I cant change actions of bowlers in one month as that takes more time; I am there to tell them about the mental aspects, to show them how to read the batsman, what to bowl when he is playing specific types of shots- so these are the small things that I keep on telling them”
“Iftikhar Ahmed is made for T20s, he is a safe fielder”
“I feel Umer Khan has a lot of cricketing sense for a young guy; he knows what to bowl to which batsman; He doesn’t feel flustered by the big stage, but enjoys the experience”
“What I noted from the previous PSL that bigger the batsman, the more Umer wanted to bowl to him which is a good sign”
“The whole world and world cricket now knows about Babar Azam, everybody is raving about his technique, he’s elegant and consistent, and the most important thing for me is that he is hungry and never satisfied with his performances”
“What I like about Deano is that he’s always involved as a coach; Its not that he shows up in PSL and then disappears for the next 11 months; He’s always in touch with the players, and he knows about Pakistan cricket”
“If we had brought in a new coach, he would have struggled to name players from his own team; Dean Jones will make a major impact on Karachi Kings”
“Babar Azam is Pakistan T20I team captain and he will eventually get his turn (in Karachi)”
“He needs to be a good vice captain and learn how to skipper a side and this will be useful for him in his role as Pakistan captain also”
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