T20 World Cup 2022: Mohammad Amir reckoned that Pakistan didn’t deserve to participate within the closing in opposition to England that they misplaced by 5 wickets on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 13, 2022 21:16 IST
Pakistan didn’t should play within the T20 WC 2022 closing: Amir. Courtesy: AP
By India Today Web Desk: Former pacer Mohammad Amir reckoned that Pakistan didn’t should qualify for the T20 World Cup 2022 closing. On Sunday, November 13, the Men in Green misplaced to Jos Buttler’s England on the Melbourne Cricket Ground and completed because the runner-up within the multi-nation mega occasion.
Amir reckoned that the Pakistan batters weren’t on top of things other than their matches in Sydney. The speedster stated that he wasn’t stunned to see their batters struggling to carry out on a bowling-friendly pitch in Melbourne.
“The fact that we played in the final is a big thing. We didn’t deserve to play in the final. The whole world knows how we advanced to the final. Allah helped us reach there. You will get to know the results if you look at the performance of our batters. Once we got out of Sydney, it was given that this would happen,” Amir was quoted as saying to 24 News.
“I told you earlier that if the pitch at MCG is the same as it was in the first match, Pakistan will struggle and we did. After winning the toss, we got off to a good start and we knew how the conditions were,” he said.
Amir additionally lashed out at Mohammad Haris for making an attempt to take the assault to leg-spinner Adil Rashid. Haris received out after scoring eight runs off 12 balls with one 4.
“We talked about Haris and his intent. But along with intent, you also need to have sense. On the first ball, he faced off Adil Rashid, he tried to come down the track.
“On these pitches, you can’t leave it to someone else. The new batter will struggle. Ben Stokes showed that experience and game-awareness,” Amir added.
After being put in to bat first, Pakistan managed to attain solely 137 runs. In the final 4 overs, they managed solely 18 runs and will hardly step on the gasoline. England chased the goal down with six balls to spare after Stokes stayed unbeaten on 52 off 49.
Edited By:
sabyasachi chowdhury
Published On:
Nov 13, 2022
