New Delhi. Despite the hopes of the people of Pakistan in the Asia Cup, his team’s dream remained to win the trophy. Before the final match against Sri Lanka, there were slogans in the whole country that this time the Asia Cup will be named after Pakistan. But Sri Lankan young players made Pakistan to face the reality and realize that any tournament is not made by slogans but by performing well on the field. The Pakistan team has so far won only two Asia Cup titles. This time the cricket fans of Pakistan felt that for the third time their players would get the trophy in the name of their country, but it could not happen. The reason for Pakistan’s defeat in this match is not all the players, but only a few, who showed a poor game and the result was that the Sri Lankan team became the winner of the Asia Cup for the sixth time. One such player from Pakistan has now taken the responsibility of defeat in the final match. This time their spin bowler Shadab Khan has taken responsibility for Pakistan’s defeat.
Shadab Khan became the reason for the defeat
The reason for Pakistan’s defeat in the title match was all-rounder Shadab Khan, he dropped two catches while fielding during the match, after which he could not do much in batting. Shadab Khan was considered more responsible for the time when he dropped the catch of the star player of the match, Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Let us tell you that Bhanuka Rajapaksa played the highest innings of 71 runs from 45 balls for Sri Lanka. After this, the catch came to him once again in the 19th over of the match, but at that time Shadab Khan and Asif Ali collided to catch the catch. Shadab Khan converted a catch that should have been caught comfortably. This was the reason that the Sri Lankan team was able to make a big total in front of Pakistan.
Catches win matches. Sorry, I take responsibility for this loss. I let my team down. Positives for team, @iNaseemShah, @HarisRauf14, @mnawaz94 and the entire bowling attack was great. @iMRizwanPak fought hard. The entire team tried their best. Congratulations to Sri Lanka pic.twitter.com/7qPgAalzbt
— Shadab Khan (@76Shadabkhan) September 11, 2022
apologized by tweeting
Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan apologized in a tweet after the match for skipping two crucial matches. He wrote that, “matches are won by catching catches. I’m sorry I take responsibility for this defeat. I disappointed my team. Naseem Shah, Harris Rauf and Mohammad Nawaz showed positivity and the entire bowling attack was excellent. Mohammad Rizwan fought till the end of the match. Our whole team tried. Congratulations to the Sri Lankan team.”