Don’t single him out: Pak cricket fraternity backs Hasan Ali after expensive dropped catch in T20WC

Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali, who has been within the eye of a storm after dropping a vital catch within the T20 World Cup semifinal loss to Australia, has received full help from the nation’s cricket stalwarts like Wasim Akram and Misbah-ul-Haq.
Pakistan’s former captains Akram, Waqar Younis, Rashid Latif, Misbah and Inzamam-ul-Haq backed Hasan and mentioned it will be unfair to carry him liable for Pakistan’s five-wicket defeat on Thursday night time.
“I don’t understand why one player should be singled out. Hasan has been an outstanding performer for us and won us matches. Anyone can drop catches or have an off-day?does that make him a bad player?” questioned Akram.
“What we don’t want is that the whole country gets after poor Hasan Ali now. I have been through this, Waqar Younis has been through it. In other countries, it’s just a game for people. Next day, you say well tried, bad luck, better luck next time, and move on,” he mentioned on ‘A Sports’ channel.
Inzamam additionally agreed and famous that in such excessive stress video games errors can occur.
“The Australians also dropped catches. Hasan is very low on confidence and I think it is the responsibility of the team management to ensure he does not fall down completely,” he added.
Waqar echoed the sentiment.
“No one does anything intentionally. As a former player myself I know I have been through such bad times…had off days in bowling…dropped catches. I remember how people criticised me after the 1996 World Cup quarter final but I think we need to understand it is a sport,” he recalled.
Needing 22 runs off the second final over, Matthew Wade’s wild swing at Shaheen Shah Afridi’s third ball despatched a skier in direction of Hasan who spilled the catch on the leg-side.
Wade responded by hitting three extra sixes to finish the profitable chase towards Pakistan.
Hasan additionally conceded 44 runs from 4 overs towards the Aussies.
“Harsh criticism and trolling on social media can hurt these players mentally and I can tell you the entire Pakistan team will be down after losing such a big match,” Latif mentioned.
“The players will go to their rooms, they’ll be quiet, they won’t talk to their families and the defeat will haunt them. But I think we need to move on and come back strongly,” he added.
He mentioned Pakistan crew had given a superb account of themselves within the match and there was so much to construct on for subsequent 12 months’s World T20 Cup in Australia.
“The way he came back from his injury problems was a miracle and he has won so many matches. So I would just ask the cricket fans if he made a mistake, he is human and don’t discourage him further,” mentioned Misbah.
Pakistan quick bowler, Wahab Riaz mentioned it was not all the time straightforward to choose up the ball below lights on the Dubai stadium.
“Catches are dropped by everyone. I think Hasan needs to pick himself up and move on. He has not had a very good World Cup and he is short on confidence.”