Captain Babar Azam:Pakistan is considered to be the biggest contender in this world. Why is it being believed, today Pakistani batsmen have told. The Sri Lankan team, which came to play first after winning the toss, scored 344 runs on the scoreboard. Kusal Mendis and Sadira Samarawickrama scored brilliant centuries for Sri Lanka. But in response, Pakistani batsmen Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafiq scored brilliant centuries.
With the help of the innings of these two, Pakistan won the match by 6 wickets. Let us read what Pakistani captain Babar Azam said after the victory.
Babar Azam said this after the victory
Speaking in the post-match presentation, Pakistani captain Babar Azam said that full credit goes to the boys, especially Abdullah and Rizwan, the way they built a partnership and put pressure on Sri Lanka. We could not perform well in the first 20-30 overs. Full credit for this goes to Mendis, he played a brilliant innings. We performed well, full credit for this goes to the bowlers.
Babar Azam said this about Abdullah Shafiq
Speaking on Abdullah Shafiq, the Pakistan captain said that he is very happy with the way he is playing. This is his first World Cup. His hunger to play, I saw him in the nets so I decided to feed him and he played well which is why we won this match. The way Rizwan and Abdullah built a partnership helped us. We trusted and built partnerships. Thank you very much (Hyderabad crowd) for supporting us for the entire one and a half week.
Captain Babar Azam’s form is a matter of concern
Pakistan has played 2 matches in the World Cup tournament so far. Pakistan’s first match was against Netherlands. In this match too, Pakistani captain Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring only 5 runs. After this, in the match played today also, Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring only 10 runs. If Babar Azam continues to play ordinary innings like this then Pakistan may lag behind in big matches.
