(MENAFN- AsiaNet News) Pakistan captain Babar Azam regretted the mistakes his team made against India and the United States in their previous Group A matches. Despite these setbacks, the former champions concluded their World Cup campaign. World T20 2024 with a three-wicket consolation victory over Ireland in Lauderhill, Florida, on Sunday.
Babar played a crucial role in securing the victory, scoring an unbeaten 32 runs in a tense chase of 107, which Pakistan almost stumbled over.
“I think with bowling, the conditions suited our players. But in batting we made few mistakes in the matches against the United States and India. When you lose wickets, the pressure is on you,” Babar said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“We couldn’t finish close games and as a team we weren’t good,” he admitted.
Pakistan lost its first two Group A matches against India and the United States before managing to defeat Canada and Ireland.
Despite the earlier setbacks, Babar was happy that his team concluded the tournament on a positive note with a victory.
“Yes, we finished well. We took the first wickets with the ball. But with the bat we didn’t finish well. We lost consecutive wickets but in the end we got over the line,” the Pakistan captain said.
Babar stated that Pakistan will need to regroup quickly but did not give a definitive answer on his future as captain.
“Let’s see what the team needs, I will agree with that. We have a good group of players, we have to go home, chat and see where we are missing and then come back,” he added.
Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was later named player of the match, commented that they did not play the right type of cricket throughout the tournament.
“We haven’t played the type of cricket our country demands, we have some areas to improve. It is difficult (the result),” Afridi said.
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