Pakistan has been dealing with extreme criticism ever since they misplaced two consecutive matches within the group stage of the continuing T20 World Cup. Babar Azam and his group had a really poor begin to their marketing campaign as they suffered a surprising defeat in opposition to co-hosts USA. After this, Pakistan suffered one other defeat in a low-scoring encounter in opposition to their arch-rivals India. After bundling out India for 119, the 2009 champions fully misplaced momentum with the bat and misplaced the match by six runs.
Talking concerning the group's efficiency, former Pakistan batsman Imran Nazir known as Babar and Co “cowards” and criticised them for making excuses after the defeat.
“I’m sorry however I’m sure to say that cricket is a recreation of fearless folks. I’ve by no means seen anybody as cowardly as this group. I typically talk about what new excuse they’ll make now. There aren’t any excuses in cricket. It doesn’t matter what type of pitch or situations you get, it’s a must to carry out properly,” Nazir stated on a Pakistani TV present.
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He stated, “In a group, the place there isn’t a batsman within the center order who can rotate the strike, how will you count on that group to win the World Cup? This group failed to attain 80 runs regardless of having eight gamers. To begin with, determine what you will have. You might have neither good batsmen, nor good bowlers, nothing.”
Other than Nazir, Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad, who was additionally a part of the dialogue, highlighted Babar's poor stats in huge tournaments.
,You might have hallucinated folks and made them loopy by performing in opposition to B, C, D groups (You guys did properly in opposition to B, C, D groups and fooled folks)” Shehzad accused the group and additional stated: “Your salaries had been elevated, PCB paid you to develop your self and your cricket…”
He stated, “You (Babar) rating runs in huge tournaments… your common is 27 and strike charge is 112. And 1400 of your runs have come after defeat, which is third on the planet on this checklist. So inform me which king do these figures belong to? What ought to I do with this king who can’t win us matches?”
Pakistan will now tackle Eire of their closing Group A match of the continuing T20 World Cup in Florida on Sunday.
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