It could have been different if Shaheen had bowled that over: Babar Azam

Pakistan could have seen a different outcome if pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi had not received injured through the T20 World Cup ultimate, skipper Babar Azam mentioned on Sunday after his workforce misplaced the title conflict to England.

Afridi had injured his knee whereas catching Harry Brooks. He was introduced into the assault within the sixteenth over however he could bowl just one ball and Iftikhar Ahmed had to finish that over. It badly affected the bowling stability.

Ahmed’s pleasant off-breaks had been belted for 13 runs by England batters by Ben Stokes, who hit him for a six and a 4, as stress created by Pakistan eased after that.

“May be if Shaheen could have bowled that over, things would have been different. And since there were two left-handers (Stokes and Moeen Ali) and I thought of bowling an off-spinner,” Babar reasoned.

“Since we did not build a partnership, we went on the backfoot. England bowlers were brilliant but that’s not an excuse. We played according to the situation but pressure was on us till 20th over. Had Shaheen been there, it could have been different.”

Pakistan’s middle-order did not carry out to its potential and so they paid the value for scoring solely 137 for 8, which was not less than 20 runs in need of a par rating on the MCG.

However, the skipper thought in any other case.

“I wouldn’t blame the middle-order for our defeat. We win and lose as a team. After we were 85 (84) in 11 overs, we should have at least scored 150. But that is the beauty of cricket. Everyday isn’t the same,” the Pakistan skipper mentioned.

Per week again, Pakistan wasn’t even in competition of semifinals however South Africa misplaced to Netherlands and opened up a possibility for Babar’s workforce.

The skipper lauded his teammates for his or her stupendous present on the back-end of the match.

“Yes, it hurts to lose a final but the manner in which we played our last four games (including final), the boys deserve credit,” mentioned Babar.

Babar was not keen to speak a lot in regards to the shortcomings.

“We have lost and I can understand that there will be questions raised. But it is too early to predict and we need to discuss a lot of things,” he mentioned when requested if some issues want to alter of their arrange.

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