Pakistan legend Wasim Akram stated that Bangladesh had solely themselves guilty for his or her loss to Pakistan on Sunday, including that if he was the Bangladesh coach or captain, he would ensure that the gamers see psychologists.
“Bangladesh have to blame themselves. They should. If I was a captain of Bangladesh team or the coach of Bangladesh team, I will make sure these guys see psychologists. Because at one stage, Shanto was on 54 and things were going well then. They were 73 for 2 and I thought they’ll get to 160. But then Shanto stepped out and played a weird shot off Iftikhar and was bowled. If you had kept on taking singles, the score would have reached 155,” a visibly upset Akram stated.
He additionally stated that the Bangladesh batters ought to have performed Shaheen Afridi’s bowling a bit of rigorously. “In an international level, when you see a certain bowler was coming to bowl and you know that the opposition captain has brought him to take wickets, that’s where you don’t play a shot. You try to rotate the strike in that particular over but the Bangladesh players made up their minds to hit him and hit Shaheen only,” the previous Pakistan captain stated.
Earlier within the day, Pakistan certified for the semifinals of the T20 World Cup after defeating Bangladesh by 5 wickets. In their high-stake final Super 12 match, Pakistan rode on Shaheen Afridi’s 4 for 22, his career-best T20I figures, to first limit Bangladesh to 127 for eight after which chased down the goal in 11 balls to spare.
Opting to bat, Bangladesh opener Najmul Hossain Shanto made 54, whereas Afif Hossain remained unbeaten on 24. Later, Pakistan chased down the goal with consummate ease, reaching 128 for 5 in 18.1 overs. Mohammad Rizwan made a run-a-ball 32, whereas Mohammad Haris scored an 18-ball 31.
