Ramiz Raja calls Pak coach Misbah 'poor man's MS Dhoni'; points out difference with Ravi Shastri
Cricket | March 20, 2021 7:40 ISTRamiz Raja also pointed out the differences between Misbah-ul-Haq and Ravi Shastri as coaches.
Ramiz Raja also pointed out the differences between Misbah-ul-Haq and Ravi Shastri as coaches.
Ramiz Raja credits Virat Kohli for playing a big role in creating a team with aggression that fired to win against all odds Down Under, which included a historic win over Australia at their bastion Gabba in 32 years.
Sarfaraz, a former captain, was seen performing the duties of 12th man in the series opener between England and Pakistan in Manchester.
Raja feels making a name for himself in the presence of a great like Sachin is a big deal but Dravid didn't back down.
Ramiz noted that Babar was facing the ball with open shoulders which would prevent him from playing his drives.
Ramiz feels England will be battle-hardened going into the series and they will start as favourites against Pakistan, who according to him, still lack proper match practice.
Alam represented Pakistan in only three Test matches, piling 250 runs at an average of 41.66. His last Test was against New Zealand at Dunedin way back in 2009.
Raja pointed towards Pakistan's tour of Australia last year where Azhar could muster only 62 runs in four innings as the hosts recorded as convincing 2-0 series whitewash.
While criticising head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq for picking senior players in the pool of 29 players for the England tour, cricketer-turned-commentator Raja has said Hafeez should leave international cricket gracefully.
Ramiz Raja didn't pick any batsman from Pakistan in his India-Pakistan ODI XI. Among the bowlers, Ramiz made way for Anil Kumble as the only Indian representative.
Raja's statements come after Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) banned wicket-keeper batsman Shafiqullah Shafaq from all forms of cricket for a period of six years.
Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja believes match-fixers should be given jail term, adding that the fight against the crime is similar to that against COVID-19.
Umar Akmal was handed a three-year international ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board for failing to inform corrupt approaches ahead of this year's Pakistan Super League.
Ramiz Raja has said that cricket boards across the world should hold conversations on how to resume the game -- even behind closed doors amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Ramiz hit out at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for reintegrating players such as Mohammad Amir, who has served prison time and a long ban from the game for involvement in spot-fixing, into the national team setup.
Babar had recently shrugged off the discussion surrounding the comparison of him and Kohli but did mention that he would eventually want to achieve those feats for his country.
Malik and Mohammad Hafeez apparently took offence to a recent interview where Ramiz advised the two senior cricketers to retire gracefully for International cricket.
Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja has said that the team's veteran duo, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik should retire from international cricket.
Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are the only players in world cricket at the moment, who are in the top 10 batsman rankings in all three formats of the game.
Ramiz Raja claimed that the cricketer might have shown COVID-19 symptoms before flying back to England following the postponement of the Pakistan Super League.
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