Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt backed Babar Azam after the latter’s resignation as the team’s white-ball captain. He slammed ex-Pakistani pacer Sikander Bakht for his comments on the Babar as well. After Babar quit his leadership position, Bakht suggested that he should have stepped down the day Pakistan faced a group-stage exit at the 2024 […]

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt slammed the team’s pacers for their lack of fitness and speed compared to the Bangladesh bowlers in the first Test defeat in Rawalpindi. However, Pakistan suffered their first-ever Test defeat to Bangladesh, due to poor show in first-innings bowling and second-innings performance. The hosts played with a four-pronged pace attack […]

Former Pakistan opener Salman Butt named Shan Masood, Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan as the fittest players in the Pakistan team now. He also called them three of the ten fittest players in world cricket prior to Pakistan’s Test series against Bangladesh as well. However, Butt showed his concern about the overall fitness of the […]

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt said that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as well as the players didn’t give the Test format as much preference as they should have. However, Pakistan are all set to host Bangladesh for two Tests followed by a three-match red-ball series against England as well. A Cricket Pakistan reporter asked […]

Former Pakistan player Salman Butt is confident of the upcoming 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is going to be a massive success, given that it will be hosted in Pakistan, where the sport has huge popularity. He also added that the tournament will be bigger than the recently concluded 2024 T20 World Cup, jointly hosted by […]

Former Pakistan player Salman Butt believes Team India’s speedster Mohammed Shami targeted former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq by commenting on Pakistan’s team selection as well. He also stated that the veteran pacer took a potshot at the veteran Pakistan player, suggesting that he was biased towards his nephew, Imam-ul-Haq, during his stint as chief selector as […]

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has lashed out at the fans and experts who suggested that Afghanistan were motivated to do well at the 2024 T20 World Cup due to the suffering the country has faced. He cited that nations like India and Australia don’t have such problems, yet they have been consistent with their […]

Former Pakistan player Salman Butt slammed Mohammad Hafeez for discussing issues of the national team on an international platform as well. Butt lashed out at Hafeez for not taking proper actions when he was the men’s team’s director, saying that complaining now is unproductive. However, his comments came after Hafeez recently came on the Club […]

Former Pakistan player Salman Butt slammed current captain Babar Azam for his lack of match-winning performances amid the side’s poor 2024 T20 World Cup campaign. They faced a shocking defeat to co-hosts USA in their tournament opener, followed by a six-run loss to arch-rivals India as well. In a social media video, Salman Butt said: […]

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt added that keeper-batter Azam Khan will be criticized for his poor fitness whenever he fails to do well. The youngster faced back-to-back failures in Pakistan’s recently concluded four-match T20I series against England. The first and third T20I were washed out due to rain as well. However, Azam scored 11 runs […]