Former Pakistan captain and coach Misbah-ul-Haq shared an attention-grabbing anecdote from the 2009 T20 World Cup last towards Sri Lanka. Pakistan received the match by eight wickets, and once they wanted six or seven runs to win, Younis got here as much as Misbah and informed him, ‘Padd up, if you happen to lose a wicket you’re subsequent.’
Lala (Shahid Afridi) and Shoaib Malik have been taking part in and we would have liked 6 or 7 runs to win the match. Younis Khan got here as much as me and stated, ‘Pad up, if we lose a wicket, you’re going in’. He needed me to benefit from the second of victory after what occurred within the 2007 last. He needed me to hit the profitable shot. It was a really particular second,” Misbah informed A Sports.
On the loss towards India within the inaugural T20 World Cup last, Misbah stated, “It was a really powerful tablet to swallow. We have been a greater workforce. It was heartbreaking.
Misbah additionally defined why T20 cricket naturally suited Pakistan. He stated, ‘2007 was the primary T20 World Cup. But for Pakistan, we have been taking part in T20 cricket for a very long time. We have grown up taking part in Ramzan cricket. There was once many T20 tournaments throughout Pakistan on cement pitches.
He stated, ‘T20 cricket fits our type of play. We have been favorites in 2007. Today’s groups assume it’s a must to have an attacking opener, a superb middle-order batsman who can spin nicely, rotate the strike, decide up these gaps, after which impress the gamers who can do issues. can eradicate. End. From prime to backside, we had every kind of covers.”
“Throughout the tournament, we played like a champion. We should have easily won the final. We almost lost the final from a winning position,” he stated.
Unlike in 2007, when Pakistan have been profitable each match, two years later, they’d made a horrible begin to the match.
“We had a foul begin in 2009. We misplaced the observe match. There was no mixture, and there was no efficiency from the massive gamers. The New Zealand recreation turned out to be a must-win recreation and we received it strongly. We needed to beat Netherlands by a giant margin and we did it. Once we have been within the semi-finals, the boldness within the workforce was completely completely different.
“Lala stepped into the semi-finals, and we beat South Africa, one of the strongest teams in the tournament, and then the final was also one-sided,” he stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
