Babar Azam after Pakistan crash out of Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka performed higher cricket than us

Skipper Babar Azam admitted that Pakistan weren’t on top of things throughout departments of their Asia Cup 2023 Super Four match towards Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka on Thursday, September 14 on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

The match was a digital semi-final and Pakistan ended up shedding by two wickets to crash out of the match. With Sri Lanka needing eight runs to win within the final over, Zaman Khan tried his coronary heart out, however Charith Asalanka stayed not out on 49 to take his staff house.

Prior to that, Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled brilliantly within the penultimate over, choosing up two wickets of Dhananjaya de Silva and Dunith Wellalage and gifting away solely 4 runs.

“We just decided to bowl our best overs and asked Shaheen to bowl the second last over and believed in Zaman. Sri Lanka played very well, better cricket than us,” Babar was quoted as saying within the post-match presentation ceremony.

Babar mentioned that Pakistan let the Sri Lankans off the hook when Sadeera Samarawickrama and Kusal Mendis placed on a partnership of 100 runs for third wicket.

“We have not been up to the mark in the bowling and fielding. That is why we lost the match. In the middle overs, we did not bowl well. That partnership cost us. We started well, ended well, but middle overs were not great. We have lacked that,” he added.

Mendis went on to attain 91 earlier than Iftikhar Ahmed dismissed him, however he departed solely after placing Sri Lanka in a commanding place.

Sri Lanka, with the win, superior to their eleventh Asia Cup remaining and are scheduled to face India within the remaining on Sunday, September 17. In the meantime, after almost 40 years within the historical past of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan are but to lock horns within the remaining.

Edited By:

sabyasachi chowdhury

Published On:

Sep 15, 2023