Lauderhill (USA), June 16 (PTI) Pakistan captain Babar Azam regretted the mistakes made by his team against India and USA in their previous Group A matches, even as the former champions are knocked out of the T20 World Cup with a consolation hat-trick. Beat Ireland here.
Babar was there to watch Pakistan at home against the Irish team as they were unbeaten 32 in a chase of 107 in which they almost failed.
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“I think with bowling the conditions are good for our players. But batting, we made some mistakes in both matches against USA and India. When you lose wickets, the pressure is on you,” Babar said after the match. presentation ceremony.
“We couldn't finish close games and as a team we weren't good,” he admitted.
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Pakistan lost their first two Group A matches against India and the United States before beating Canada and Ireland.
However, Babar was happy that his team finished the tournament with a victory.
“Yes, we finished well. We took wickets early with the ball. But with the bat, we didn't finish well. We lost two games in a row, but we finally got over the finish line.
Babar said Pakistan needed to regroup quickly, although he did not give specific answers about his future as leader.
“Let’s see what the team needs, everything will be fine.” “We have a good group of players, we need to go home, chat and see what we missed and then come back,” he added.
Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was later named player of the match, said he did not play the right type of cricket in the tournament.
“We haven't played the kind of cricket our country needs, and we have some things we need to improve on. “This (result) is difficult,” Afridi said.
Ireland captain Paul Sterling said they never managed to balance the team.
“It restores the right balance. T20…maybe we won’t make it this time. These last few weeks have been difficult. “We’ll come back, regroup and see if we can come back stronger,” he said.
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