Babar Azam and Shadab Khan
The T20 World Cup 2024 has started with a big setback for the Pakistan team in which they have to face defeat in the Super Over against associate country America. In this Group-A match, the Pakistani team came out to bat first after losing the toss in which they scored 159 runs in 20 overs. In Pakistan’s innings, while captain Babar Azam played an innings of 44 runs in 43 balls, 40 runs were also seen from Shadab Khan’s bat. At the same time, the USA team also managed to score only 159 runs while chasing the target in 20 overs. Due to which the match reached the Super Over and here the USA team won the match by 5 runs and got their second win in the tournament. It will not be easy for the Pakistani team to digest this defeat, while captain Babar Azam said that the continuous fall of wickets and not being able to understand the pitch properly was the main reason for this defeat.
We could not take advantage of the first 6 overs
In the match against America, the Pakistani team’s batting was very poor in the first 6 overs, in which they lost their 3 important wickets including Mohammad Rizwan till the score of 26. At the same time, Babar Azam said after the defeat to USA that we could not take advantage of the first 6 overs because you come under pressure due to continuous fall of wickets. As a batsman, you have to focus on building partnerships. At the same time, in bowling too, we could not do better in the first 6 overs, in which our spinners also failed to take wickets in the middle overs. At the same time, the American team defeated us in all these three places. Babar Azam also responded to the pitch in his statement and said that there was some moisture in the pitch initially and there was also a change in the speed of the ball, but I believe that being a professional player, you should understand the situation and adapt yourself accordingly.
The road to Super 8 may be difficult for Pakistan
After this defeat of Pakistan team in the first match of Group-A, the road to Super 8 is going to be a bit difficult for them, in which their next match will be with India on 9th June and if Pakistan team is not able to win in this, then in such a situation their journey in this T20 World Cup can end with the group stage itself.
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