Pakistan suffered a 5-wicket defeat towards England within the closing match of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday. According to Pakistan’s skipper Babar there was a chance of a different consequence if pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi had not gotten injured throughout the recreation.
Afridi had injured his knee whereas taking a catch of Harry Brooks. He was introduced into the assault within the sixteenth over however he could bowl just one ball and Iftikhar Ahmed had to finish that over. As a consequence, the bowling stability was affected.
Ben Stokes hammered Ahmed with a six and a 4, because the stress created by Pakistan eased after that.
“Maybe if Shaheen could have bowled that over, things would have been different. And since there were two left-handers (Stokes and Moeen Ali) and I thought of bowling an off-spinner,” Babar reasoned.
“Since we did not build a partnership, we went on the back foot. England bowlers were brilliant but that’s not an excuse. We played according to the situation but the pressure was on us till 20th over. Had Shaheen been there, it could have been different.”
Pakistan’s center order did not carry out to its potential they usually paid the worth for scoring solely 137/8, which was at the least 20 runs wanting a par rating on the MCG.
However, the skipper thought in any other case.
“I wouldn’t blame the middle order for our defeat. We win and lose as a team. After we were 85 (84) in 11 overs, we should have at least scored 150. But that is the beauty of cricket. Every day isn’t the same,” the Pakistan skipper mentioned.
The skipper lauded his teammates for his or her stupendous present on the again finish of the match.
“Yes, it hurts to lose a final but how we played our last four games (including the final), the boys deserve credit,” mentioned Babar.
“We have lost and I can understand that there will be questions raised. But it is too early to predict and we need to discuss a lot of things,” he mentioned when requested if some issues want to vary of their setup.
