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Junaid Khan

Team flagPAK35 yrs
batting styleleft-arm fast-medium Bowler
'Didn't Improve As A Captain' - Former Pakistan Cricketer Criticizes Babar Azam's Captaincy

Rajgeeta ∙ 2 Dec 2023

'Didn't Improve As A Captain' - Former Pakistan Cricketer Criticizes Babar Azam's Captaincy

Former Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan expressed his views on Babar Azam's captaincy, claiming that the star batter showed no signs of improvement during his four-year stint as skipper.

'Aaj Aapki Khair Nahi Hai..'- When Junaid Khan Warned Virat Kohli With Intimidating Words

Shivani Shukla ∙ 2 Dec 2023

'Aaj Aapki Khair Nahi Hai..'- When Junaid Khan Warned Virat Kohli With Intimidating Words

During the 2012-13 series in India, Pakistan's left-arm pacer Junaid Khan claimed Virat Kohli's wicket in all three ODI matches. The first ODI in Chennai saw Kohli being bowled for a duck, while in the second ODI at Eden Gardens, he edged one behind the wicket off Junaid's bowling.

Not Sachin Or Virat | India's Nightmare Picks This Batter As Real King Of World Cricket

Akshita Patel ∙ 1 Dec 2023

Not Sachin Or Virat | India's Nightmare Picks This Batter As Real King Of World Cricket

Junaid Khan picked Rohit Sharma as India’s greatest frontline batter to ever exist and someone who deserves to be awarded with a crown

Junaid Khan Questions Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan For T20 Blast Participation

Aakash Saini ∙ 31 May 2023

Junaid Khan Questions Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan For T20 Blast Participation

Junaid Khan slams Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for allowing key players to play in England’s T20 Blast 2023 season ahead of the World Cup in India.

Pakistan National T20 Cup: All you need to know

Debashis Sarangi ∙ 29 Aug 2022

Pakistan National T20 Cup: All you need to know

The two-leg tournament is scheduled in Multan and Rawalpindi from August 30 to September 19.

I just got into bad books of selectors: Junaid Khan slams Pakistan’s biased selection policy

Abhishek Singh ∙ 5 May 2021

I just got into bad books of selectors: Junaid Khan slams Pakistan’s biased selection policy

Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan, once touted as the next big thing in Word cricket as far as left-arm pace bowling was concerned, has found it very difficult to keep his place in the side. In a recent interview, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa born said that it has been due to him falling on the wrong side of favouritism practised in Pakistan cricket. Accusing the captains and coaches of favouritism, Junaid said, "It is like if you are on good terms with the captain and team management then you will probably get a proper run in all formats to prove your worth.” "If you don't have close relations with them then you are in and out,” he told Cricket Pakistan.com Saying that he was once not even given proper rest when he demanded, there came a time when he wasn’t picked up even after performing well in domestic cricket, just because he fell out of the place from the good books. "I am regularly playing domestic cricket and I believe if the selection is done justly I should be in consideration," said the Swabi man. The fact that both Junaid and his cousin Yasur shah come from far off town Swabi, the 31-year-old feels that they don’t have the lobbying or the media pressure behind them. "If you belong to a big city, then people raise their voice for you. People like me and Yasir Shah are from Swabi. There is no TV channel or media person from Swabi, so there is no pressure on selectors regarding our selection from the media," he said. Once a Lancashire representative, Junaid still harbours hopes of representing the men in green and hence is rejecting good league offers. "I am being offered more money than what I earned while playing for Pakistan during my peak. However, I refused the offer as I still want to represent Pakistan," said the left-arm pacer, who has 189 international wickets to his credit in 22 Tests, 76 ODIs and 8 T20Is. The pacer further went on to compare the work management done by the Pakistan board for their pacers to that done by England. Junaid said that Pakistan always forgets its senior players in search of new talent. "We should learn about managing workload from England. During their recent Test series against India, they rotated James Anderson and Stuart Broad,” he said. "Broad and Anderson would rest even after taking five or six wickets in the previous match. That is because they are secure of their place in the team. They know they will play in the future matches," the fast bowler added.