Following his side’s six-run misfortune to India in their T20 World Cup match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam conceded that his side losing consecutive wickets added to their loss.
Following his side’s six-run misfortune to India in their ICC T20 World Cup match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam conceded that his side losing consecutive wickets and playing more dab balls in the last part of their innings added to their loss regardless of a fine bowling execution. In a nerve-wracking fight between bat and ball, Pakistan couldn’t hold their nerves, offering a strong situation after the main half while pursuing 120 runs as Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya pulled back the game with their bowling and left their rivals short by six runs at New York’s Nassau Region Arena on Sunday.
Talking in the post-match show, Babar said, “We bowled well. In the batting, lost consecutive wickets and had too many dab balls. Strategies were easy to ordinarily play. Simply strike turn and the odd limit. In any case, in that period (the last part of their run-pursue) we had too many dab balls. We can’t anticipate much from tailenders. Our brain was to use the initial six overs in batting. Yet, one wicket down, and again we were not sufficient at that stage. The pitch looked nice. The ball was coming on pleasantly. It was somewhat sluggish, and a few balls of additional bob. Need to win the last two matches. Will sit and talk about our slip-ups yet anticipating the last two matches.”
After winning this thrill ride, India is at the highest point of Gathering A with two dominates in two matches and four focuses. Pakistan is in the fourth spot, having lost both their games to the USA and India. Their knockout stage chances look thin.
Coming to the match, Pakistan won the throw and put India to bat first. Be that as it may, the Indian players didn’t get things moving for them on this intense surface as star openers Virat Kohli (4) and Rohit Sharma (13) neglected to score huge. Rishabh Gasp (42 out of 31 balls, with six fours) appeared to be playing on an alternate pitch and had helpful organization with Axar Patel (20 of every 18 balls, with two fours and a six) and Suryakumar Yadav (seven out of eight balls, with a four). Notwithstanding, the lower center request disintegrated under the strain of scoring runs on such an extreme pitch and India could make only 119 of every 19 overs.
Haris Rauf (3/21) and Naseem Shah (3/21) were the top bowlers for Pakistan. Mohammed Amir got two scalps while Shaheen Shah Afridi got one.
In the run-pursue, Pakistan adopted a more estimated strategy and Mohammed Rizwan (31 of every 44 balls, with a four and six) held one end consistently. In any case, Bumrah (3/14) and Hardik Pandya (2/24) got significant wickets from captain Babar Azam (13), Fakhar Zaman (13), Shadab Khan (4), Iftikhar Ahmed (5) also, which safeguarded the strain on Pakistan. With 18 runs required in the last finish, Naseem Shah (10*) attempted to win it for Pakistan, in any case, Arshdeep Singh (1/31) ensured Pakistan missed the mark by six runs.
Bumrah got the ‘Player of the Counterpart’ for his game-dominating spell.
