Pakistan’s Babar Azam performs a shot throughout a T20 Cricket World Cup match in opposition to Canada at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 11, 2024 in New York. Photo: Getty Images through AFP
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is relieved to have logged their first win within the T20 World Cup New York on June 11, and mentioned they couldn’t full their chase of 107 in lesser variety of overs due to a troublesome pitch.
Having suffered back-to-back defeats in opposition to USA and India of their first two Group A matches, the sport in opposition to Canada was a must-win tie for Pakistan.
Chasing a modest goal, Pakistan rode on Mohammad Rizwan’s run-a-ball unbeaten 53 and Babar’s 33 to recover from the road in 17.3 overs.
“Good for us, we need this win. We started well with the bowling, in the first six overs we know we had to be up to the mark,” Babar mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.
“It was in our mind (to get over USA’s net run rate), to win before 14 overs but the pitch made it difficult.” After making a run-a-ball 33, Babar was out caught within the slips whereas attempting to information a supply down to 3rd man, and the dismissal left the Pakistan skipper indignant.
“Because I got out with the same shot twice (against India)! This is my shot but sometimes you need success. I’ll try my best.” India are at the moment positioned atop Group A with two wins from as many matches with USA following with similar variety of victories.
Pakistan have climbed as much as the third spot with two factors from three video games forward of Canada and Ireland.
Canada captain Saad Bin Zafar felt it was a troublesome wicket to bat early on.
“Definitely, it was a bit disappointing. We wanted to play a positive brand of cricket and I think the wicket was not very helpful. It was difficult to bat early on – not a good toss to lose. We were about 25 to 30 runs short,” he mentioned.
Source: www.thehindu.com
