The captain of the national team, Babar Azam, says that we did not playgood cricket, which is why we lost.
In the match being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Indiaeasily achieved the target of 192 runs given by Pakistan with a loss of 3wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma played a fantastic inning of 86 runs, whileVirat Kohli and Shubman Gill were out after scoring 16 runs each.
Sheryas Iyer achieved an unbeatable half-century score, while KL Rahulremained not out with 12 runs.
On Pakistan’s side, Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets, and Hasan Alitook one.
After the match, Babar Azam said that we didn’t play good cricket; weshould have set a target of 280 runs, but wickets fell quickly in themiddle overs.
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He said we started well and had a good partnership, but the sudden failureof the middle order was difficult to recover from. He mentioned that wewere not bowling well with the new ball, and we need to take wicketsquickly.
Babar Azam praised Rohit Sharma’s batting, saying that Rohit Sharma playeda fantastic inning, and Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav also bowled well.