In my opinion, it was not the best batting order for the situation, better choices could have been made in the batting order, said the former captain:
Karachi (Urdu Point Newspaper Latest. 14 September 2023) Former captain Shahid Afridi raised questions on the batting order of the Pakistani team in the match against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup. Expressing his views on social networking website X, he said that in my opinion it was not the best batting order in terms of the situation, better choices could have been made in the batting order.
Shahid Afridi also sought feedback from X users in his statement. It should be noted that Pakistan's journey in the Asia Cup is over, while Sri Lanka reached the finals of the tournament.
Sri Lanka achieved the target of 252 runs given by Pakistan in the last over. Earlier, in the important match of the Asia Cup Super Four stage, Pakistan gave Sri Lanka a target of 253 runs to win, but under the DLS system, the target was reduced by one run for the Lincoln batsmen.
The match was limited to 45 overs per innings due to the delayed start due to rain. Pakistan did not start well in the match against Sri Lanka being played in Colombo. Abdullah Shafiq and Fakhar Zaman faced difficulties, Fakhar Zaman was clean bowled by Pramod Madhushan in the 5th over. A partnership of more than 50 runs was established between Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafiq, Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring 29 runs.
Abdullah Shafiq also got out after scoring 52 runs. Muhammad Haris caught Parithana's ball. Harris scored only 3 runs. Mohammad Nawaz was bowled by Mahesh Thekshana, he scored 12 runs. On this occasion the match was stopped due to rain, later the overs were further cut and the match was restricted to 42, 42 overs per innings. After the rain, Muhammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed played aggressively, Rizwan completed his half-century, Iftikhar was dismissed for 47 runs.
Pakistan scored 252 runs for 7 wickets in the scheduled 42 overs in the rain affected match. Mohammad Rizwan scored an unbeaten 86 off 73 balls, the wicketkeeper-batsman's innings included 2 sixes and 6 fours. In the match, national team captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first.
Babar Azam said that two more changes have been made in the team announced yesterday, Imam-ul-Haq has back pain while Saud Shakeel is not part of the playing XI due to fever. On this occasion, Sri Lankan captain Dasan Shanaka said that Pakistanis will try to keep the minimum target by taking wickets early in the batting line. He said that two changes have been made in the team, Kaushal Perera and Pramod Madhushan have been included in the squad.
Earlier, the toss of the match was delayed due to rain, due to which the umpires have restricted the contest between the two teams to 45, 45 overs. On the other hand, if the match against Sri Lanka is rained out or if Sri Lanka wins, then they will qualify for the final and the journey of the national team will be over. The team that wins the match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will take on India in the final of the event on September 17.
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