Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has defended his staff’s batting method after their loss to England within the remaining of the T20 World Cup 2022 on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
England’s Sam Curran (3/12) and leg-spinner Adil Rashid (2/22) bowled sensible spells as Babar and his fellow Pakistani batters stuttered by the primary innings to achieve 137/8 from their 20 overs.
Thereafter, an unbeaten fifty from Ben Stokes (52 not out off 49) helped England crown themselves as winners of Men’s T20 World Cup with five-wicket victory.
“I’m very sad. I think we were 20 runs short and we couldn’t defend because of that. We are very proud to play for Pakistan. It is very sad when you can’t finish it. I’m disappointed,” the Pakistan captain mentioned within the post-match press convention.
“We were in a different situation. We were trying to build partnerships but we couldn’t. Whenever a wicket falls, the batter goes and he takes two-three balls to settle down. We came on the back foot as a batting unit,” he added.
Babar and his opening associate Mohammad Rizwan have lately are available for criticism at occasions because of their safety-first method through the Powerplay, typically scoring comparatively slowly in comparison with different high nations after which on the lookout for the staff to make use of the platform set with the intention to speed up within the second half of the innings.
The identical occurred within the remaining, with Babar scoring 32 from 28 and Rizwan 15 from 14.
“It depends on the situation. I think they had three dismissals in the first six overs and we had two. It depends on the situation and the conditions, what is the demand from you and after that you plan. Every team has its own plans and we stuck to our plan,” mentioned Babar.
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