Mickey Arthur was disappointed with the approach of the Pakistan batters during their loss against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today (October 14).
In the Men’s ODI World Cup held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Pakistan lost against India by seven wickets, suffering their eighth loss. When Pakistan lost the toss and were sent into bat, they looked poised to score big runs, but then a whirlwind happened and they managed to finish the game with less than 200 runs. .
At various stages of the innings, Pakistan could have been confident of achieving more. It was 41-0 after 8 overs, 73-1 after 13 overs and 155-2 after 30 overs. However, the wicket of Babar Azam in the third innings sparked a stunning collapse of eight wickets for 36 runs, and eventually Pakistan were bowled out for 191 runs.
Pakistan head coach Arthur gave an honest assessment of Pakistan’s approach with the bat. Arthur felt that Pakistan could have been stronger, especially during the partnership of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.
“Well, I think the overall performance tonight was a little embarrassing. “I wish we were a little more focused in the game,” Arthur said. “You know, this is a big opportunity, but I think we just got carried away. And even if we were, going from 155 for two to 190 all out is not productive at all .Yes, thanks to India, I thought they bowled very well, but I thought our performance was a bit weak.”
Rizwan and Babar added 82 runs off 103 balls for the third wicket but did not hit a six during their partnership. Arthur said Pakistan had always preferred a “go-to-the-wall” approach and justified the Babar-Rizwan partnership, but felt it could have attacked Indian spinners a little more.
“Look, these are top artists and this is what they have been doing every day for Pakistan for a long time, so I’m not going to sit here and criticize them for that. “No,” Arthur said. .
“As I said earlier, I thought we were a little shy. I thought we might have stood up a little better against the Indian spinners because it was a wicket that wasn’t very curved. , I thought I needed to apply pressure again.
“But they continued to build strong here too. I think we need to realize that there are two ways to skin a cat.
“And we were successful by digging deep and making money from it at the end.” That was our style, our brand, but tonight we couldn’t play the Pakistan way. Well, that’s what was disappointing to me about that. ”
Pakistan’s next match will be against Australia on October 20 in Bangalore. Pakistan are known for scoring high at smaller venues and will be able to show a little more determination at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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