Pakistan has another match to play, of course, against Bangladesh, who is already out of controversy for the semi -finals. The match in Rawalpindi on Thursday is also in severe danger due to rain, and perhaps a soden outfield, with it a wet week in the city.
AAQIB spoke in length about various sequences and combinations in selection, which can improve the team’s tournament. But, clearly there is still pain due to loss of India on Sunday, he said that Xi of India had a larger part of the work when he started his resume compared to Pakistan.
“When Pakistan and India are playing, this is not only cricket – this is more than that. You need a lot of experience,” Aakib said. “This Indian team was the most experienced – they have about 1500 games. And Pakistan is below, in which less than 400 games are together. If you see players like Babar Azam, [he] There is only one who has played more than 100 games. Then Mohammad is Rizwan [88 ODIs] And then Shaheen Afridi [64 ODIs],
“The remaining of them are less than 30 matches. Tayyab Tahir has played eight games. Imam-ul-Haq [73 ODIs] Was coming back to the team. The main thing is when nothing works, and when you are talking about more than a game, experience matters. There is no doubt about it.”
“Similarly, we had to bring to Khushdil Shah because Sam was an unfortunate. The reason is that in one day cricket, you cannot go with five bowlers. You have to combine seven batsmen and four bowlers.
“When Sam was there, he batted at the top and he bowled on five to seven overs. When he was not there-we saw if you do a little research-even with terrible performances that Khushdil Shah gave in one and a half year cricket, he is not even a wicket.
In the absence of these players, it was below for Big Fives: Babur, Rizwan, Haris Rauf, Nasim Shah and Afridi, to move, Aakib said. But the match -winning performances from these players never came.
Five of them have come under fire, especially in Pakistan since the team exiting.
“A common man who does not play and is not part of team management wants the reason and the names of those who are losing this team,” Aakib said. “As far as Babur, Rizwan, Shaheen, Naseem and Haris are concerned, our plan was to create the best possible XI or XV. There is no doubt that Shaheen, Naseem and Haris are excellent bowlers. If you compare them with any team’s bowling attack, they are one of the fastest growing options.
“And if you see Babur – apart from that, what else do you have? We always say that if the team loses, change the team. It is already the most inexperienced team.”
Andrew Fidel Fernando is a senior writer of Espncricinfo. @Afidelf
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