Having suffered defeat again in yet another tournament, star batter Babar Azam says the entire side faltered, putting down latest defeat to tactical errors and batting collapses, which according to Babar could have easily been avoided given the circumstances of the match.
Babar gave reporters his perspective following yet another disastrous showing by Pakistan. It is fair to assume he was referring to times, as and when the playing conditions and match favors your way, you have to have an immediate positive reaction to exploit the conditions at your disposal.
Having spoken on the loss, Babar pointed the need for course correction due to upcoming matches and spoke on the necessity to execute basic strategies and bat disciplined through powerplays and death overs when necessary and come out and prove that when asked upon, that all and more necessary things are put right.
Pakistani skipper made sure that he gave particular importance to capitalize whenever conditions were in favor saying “When conditions are in your favor, you have to immediately capitalize”.
“We couldn’t hold on for longer, and we know that on such big stages it is important to avoid mistakes and every such mistake costs you the whole match”.
He made particular reference at the fact that none of the top-order were able to take their opportunities or develop match-winning partnerships leaving the batting middle-order exposed.
Babar pointed to moments in which conditions clearly worked in Pakistan’s favor, during some of the key overs in their innings, but failure to execute with appropriate intent and adaptability cost them big, failing to accumulate imposing total. They conceded opportunities early in the match that should never have slipped giving opponents the edge.
