Former captain Salman Butt criticised Pakistan gamers for his or her lack of intent.© AFP
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt lashed out on the Babar Azam-led facet after their stunning loss to T20 World Cup co-hosts, the US (USA) on Thursday. The US surprised Pakistan within the Tremendous Over after dominating them on the Prairie View Stadium in Dallas. In a current interplay, Butt lashed out on the Pakistan gamers for his or her lack of intent and stated that the gamers seemed torpid as if they’d come to the USA on foot.
“It's like that. I don't know what to do. It felt just like the Pakistan crew got here to the US on foot. The physique language was very boring and there was no power. It additionally felt like we’ve been enjoying cricket for 150 years,” Butt stated in a video on Cricket Baithak's YouTube channel.
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Butt additionally stated that Pakistan performed like a really weak crew in opposition to the USA. He additionally criticised star pacer Shaheen Afridi's over-reliance on yorkers.
He stated, “Pakistan boasts about their quick bowling, however we didn’t bowl a single bouncer in opposition to USA. Is that this the identical bowling that Ramiz Raja and others preached. We needed to win the match by taking wickets, however they misplaced wickets earlier than even scoring 100 runs. Being an affiliate nation, I felt there ought to have been strain on USA, however on this case it appeared that Pakistan was weak. USA seemed very comfy. That they had higher discipline placement than us. Shaheen has nothing however yorkers. If his ball shouldn’t be swinging, he turns into a zero.”
Pakistan's loss to the USA is an enormous blow to their hopes of creating it to the Tremendous Eights. They may now face arch-rivals India in New York on Sunday, after the Rohit Sharma-led facet defeated Eire of their opening match of the T20 World Cup.
Talking on Pakistan's defeat, Babar stated: “Batting within the first 6 overs, we couldn’t benefit from it. Two wickets falling in a row at all times places you on the backfoot, as a batsman it’s essential to come ahead and construct a partnership. We weren’t good in bowling within the first 6 overs. Our spinners additionally couldn’t take wickets within the center overs, so we needed to bear the brunt of this stuff. Very powerful, full credit score goes to America, they performed higher than us in all three departments. There was a little bit of moisture within the pitch, it was additionally two-way. As knowledgeable it’s essential to assess the situations.”
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