Babar should have focused on maintaining pressure instead of taking wickets in the final overs which could have changed the outcome of the game: former cricketer:
Lahore (Urdu Point Latest News. September 15, 2023) Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Thursday criticized Babar Azam's captaincy during Pakistan's defeat by Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2023 Super Four. During a discussion on Star Sports, Gautam Gambhir criticized Babar Azam's tactics especially in the crucial closing overs of the game.
Gautam Gambhir said "It was very typical captaincy for me, Zaman Khan and Shaheen Afridi's overs had fours over mid-off and they were both slow balls." Gautam Gambhir said Babar should have adjusted his field placement when the slow balls were coming. "If you want to bowl slower, keep the mid-off fielder at long-off and bring the third man up, it's very easy captaincy," he added.
Imagine if you had 13 runs left in the last over, it would have been difficult for Sri Lanka." Gautam Gambhir also questioned Babar's captaincy strategy during the century partnership of Kosal Mendes and Sudira Samara Wickrama. Gautam Gambhir "You were letting the game go at one stage," he said. You wanted to complete your quota of sixth bowlers, it doesn't work like that, when the partnership between Kosal Mendes and Sidira Samara Wickrama was building, you should have brought your main bowlers and tried to take wickets. was".
Gautam Gambhir suggested that a more aggressive approach in the middle overs, focusing on taking wickets, could have been the key to Pakistan's victory given the nature of the game. He concluded by saying that Babar needs to change his style of captaincy realizing that ODI cricket is different from T20 cricket in terms of strategy and approach.
Gautam Gambhir said, "Pakistan could have won this match by just taking wickets. If Sri Lanka had batted till the end, they could have won before the fact. I think Babar Azam has to improve his captaincy a bit because one Day cricket is not the same as T20 cricket." Pakistan scored 252/7 in 42 overs in the virtual semi-final played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the KR Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets on the final delivery and booked their place in the final against India on Sunday.
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