After losing to Babar Azam Team India T20 WC 2024
Babar Azam on defeat against Team India T20 WC 2024: Pakistan, who won the toss and elected to bowl first against India, bowled out India for 119 runs in a rain-affected Group A match of the ICC T20 World Cup thanks to a superb performance by the bowlers led by fast bowler Naseem. Shah and Haris Rauf. Naseem and Rauf took three wickets each giving 21 runs. Mohammad Amir supported him well and took two wickets for 23 runs while Shaheen Shah Afridi took one wicket. From India, Rishabh Pant scored the highest 42 runs in 31 balls with the help of six fours. India lost wickets at regular intervals and the entire team was restricted to 19 overs.
After Rishabh Pant’s battling innings, India staged a strong comeback to beat Pakistan by six runs in a rain-affected low-scoring Group A match of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Sunday thanks to a superb performance by the Jasprit Bumrah-led bowlers. .
Captain Babar Azam said after the defeat
“We bowled well. In batting (Babar Azam on Pakistan team bowling), we lost two wickets in a row and also played a lot of dot balls. The strategy was to play normally. Just strike rotation and a few boundaries. But we bowled a lot of dot balls in that period. had played
After falling one wicket each and again we did not perform well in the first six overs. The pitch looked good. The ball was coming in well. It was a bit slow and some balls had extra bounce. We have to win the last two matches. Will sit down and discuss our mistakes, but looking forward to the last two games.
Chasing India’s target of just 120 runs, Pakistan team could only manage 113 runs for seven wickets against the sharp bowling of Jasprit Bumrah (three wickets for 14 runs) and Hardik Pandya (two wickets for 24 runs). Akshar Patel (one wicket for 11 runs) and Arshdeep Singh (one wicket for 31 runs) took one wicket each. Mohammad Siraj bowled economically and conceded just 19 runs in four overs but did not find any success.