Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam says that if he had not been out in the last session of the Karachi Test, the team could have gone ...
Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam says that if he had not been out in the last session of the Karachi Test, the team could have gone in pursuit of the target, but if two wickets fell below the intention changed.
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| In a press conference after the match, Babar Azam said that despite the wickets falling from top to bottom, he was not upset because he had faith in the team's tail. Photo: PCB |
Pakistan batted almost 6 sessions in the Karachi Test against Australia and scored 443 runs for 7 wickets. The Pakistan team had a target of 506 runs to win the match. In the last session, Pakistan had to score 196 runs in 36 overs.
On this occasion, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were also pushing the scoreboard, but as soon as the mandatory overs started, first Babar Azam got out and then Faheem Ashraf who came after them started walking and some time later Sajid Khan also got out.
However, Babar Azam told a press conference after the match that despite the wickets falling from top to bottom, he was not upset because he was confident of the team's tail that he would save the match.
Pakistan were bowled out for 148 in the first innings and lost by 408 in the first innings in the Karachi Test.
Babar Azam said that the credit for this fight back goes to the whole team. The team showed great effort and played well in the match. ۔
"The pitches were the same for both the teams. The fast bowlers of both the teams got reverse and the spinners also got the turn. Our team played better. We tried to see the situation till the tea break. When they fell, they gave up their intention.
Babar Azam played an innings of 196 runs in Karachi Test. His innings was also record-breaking in many respects.
Talking about his innings, Babar said that the innings of Karachi Test means a lot to him because the team needed this innings to save the match.
To a question, the national team captain said that after an impressive performance in the first innings, he encouraged the team and assured the players that they can save this match.
Babar Azam praised young Abdullah Shafiq and said that he played a very important innings by showing great patience.
He said that Pakistan lost wickets in the first innings by mistake, our players have an idea of how to handle the reverse swing that took place in Karachi, there was competition with the best team in the world.
The captain of the Pakistan team expressed hope that the result would be obtained in Lahore. They will apply what they have learned from this match, those who have done well will improve it further and those who have made mistakes will try to correct it.
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