Former captain Shahid Afridi has proposed couple of adjustments to the Pakistan taking part in eleven following the dramatic loss to India within the T20 World Cup and he additionally desires skipper Babar Azam to drop all the way down to No.3 to accommodate Fakhar Zaman on the high of the order.
Pakistan, which has misplaced to USA and India, face Canada in a should win recreation right here on Tuesday.
“I feel now could be the time for Gary Kirsten and Babar Azam to make some adjustments. I want to see Salman Ali Agha come into the aspect rather than Usman Khan and Abrar Ahmed to return in for Shadab Khan,” Afridi informed ICC.
“Most of all, I consider Fakhar Zaman needs to be promoted to open the innings alongside Mohammad Rizwan, with Babar dropping all the way down to quantity three.
“There are some robust conversations and decisions to return however we have to bear in mind that there’s nonetheless hope: Pakistan will not be out of the event but.” Pakistan self-destructed within the chase of 120 towards India on Sunday to undergo back-to-back defeat after the bowlers set the sport properly for them by dismissing Rohit Sharma and Co. for a beneath par 119.
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“The important thing distinction between the 2 groups was India’s consistency, self-belief, self-discipline and angle on the sphere. The Pakistan batting line-up merely isn’t clicking and what we noticed was a weak show of energy hitting.
“For a number of causes, this recreation wasn’t about taking part in aggressively. However technique and sensible cricket had been required to get the run chase over the road, and people qualities are precisely what Pakistan lacked.
“India have now gained seven of their eight matches towards Pakistan on the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup and Pakistan followers are extremely disenchanted,” stated Afridi referring to India’s dominant file towards the arch-rivals in world occasions.
In Afridi’s opinion, Pakistan merely couldn’t deal with the stress of a recreation as large because the one on Sunday.
“On the massive days, it’s important to have nerves of metal till you make it via.
“India stayed optimistic and calm till the final ball and the stress of the run chase was not dealt with effectively by Babar Azam’s aspect,” he added.