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- Oct 2, 2004
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Mohammad Yousuf speaking to the press after 2nd Day of 1st Test
"You cannot have a better innings than this one from Babar where he was under pressure on a turning pitch; He played with great patience and also farmed the tail with Yasir Shah, Hassan Ali and Naseem Shah; Such an innings has not been witnessed for a while which was played under so much pressure on a spinning track and against a spinner like Jayasuriya"
"There are no words to describe Babar Azam's knock today"
"Babar played a great knock against Australia in Karachi and another one in Australia before that but I feel he would have liked this innings a lot"
Asked if any message was sent to Babar when Pakistan were reduced to 85/7
"Babar is captain and its not nice to send him messages like that; He played with great responsibility and the other batters who shared partnerships with Babar towards the end of the innings also played very well"
"Saqlain and I were discussing at that point that we felt that if Babar could setup such partnerships we would be able to get to Sri Lanka's score and that is what happened"
"I have no words to describe how our tailenders supported Babar and you can see that only after facing about 40 balls did Naseem Shah hit a boundary so you can see the patience with which he played; Naseem played a solid innings and no edges came off his bat"
How Babar played spin so well
"I think Babar played most balls under his chin and that is the best way to survive under difficult conditions for batters; This is the best way to survive good spells, even from fast bowlers and when you do that, you play better cricket and this is what Babar has done today"
"You cannot have a better innings than this one from Babar where he was under pressure on a turning pitch; He played with great patience and also farmed the tail with Yasir Shah, Hassan Ali and Naseem Shah; Such an innings has not been witnessed for a while which was played under so much pressure on a spinning track and against a spinner like Jayasuriya"
"There are no words to describe Babar Azam's knock today"
"Babar played a great knock against Australia in Karachi and another one in Australia before that but I feel he would have liked this innings a lot"
Asked if any message was sent to Babar when Pakistan were reduced to 85/7
"Babar is captain and its not nice to send him messages like that; He played with great responsibility and the other batters who shared partnerships with Babar towards the end of the innings also played very well"
"Saqlain and I were discussing at that point that we felt that if Babar could setup such partnerships we would be able to get to Sri Lanka's score and that is what happened"
"I have no words to describe how our tailenders supported Babar and you can see that only after facing about 40 balls did Naseem Shah hit a boundary so you can see the patience with which he played; Naseem played a solid innings and no edges came off his bat"
How Babar played spin so well
"I think Babar played most balls under his chin and that is the best way to survive under difficult conditions for batters; This is the best way to survive good spells, even from fast bowlers and when you do that, you play better cricket and this is what Babar has done today"
