Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Thursday defended his determination to play an extra-fast bowler within the Twenty20 World Cup defeat to Zimbabwe however stated the 2009 champions weren’t good in all departments as that they had a poor marketing campaign.
The inclusion of paceman Mohammad Wasim on the expense of batsman Asif Ali initially paid off when he claimed 4–24 to limit Zimbabwe to 130–8, however a batting collapse meant that Pakistan couldn’t attain Perth. Could handle solely 129-8 in 20 overs on the stadium.
It was Pakistan’s second loss in as many matches after a last-ball loss to arch-rivals India and they’ll now face a successful sport towards winners Netherlands on Sunday to maintain their slim semi-final hopes alive.
“It is very tough as a team or captain. We were not good in all three departments, but we will sit down and discuss the mistakes and then we will come back strongly,” Babar stated.
Babar stated that he doesn’t assume that any further quick bowler has weakened his center order.
“This pitch needed fast bowlers, so we had that in plan and so we had an extra fast bowler,” Babar stated.
“To be honest, it’s tough, but we have two days and we’ll sit down and discuss it together.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
