ISLAMABAD – Pakistani captain Sarfraz Ahmed has praised Afghanistan sideand admitted his side had been “shaken” on their way to a nervythree-wicket last-over win in their Super Four match of the Asia Cup.
Shoaib Malik’s experience told as he completed the chase of 258 in 49.3overs on Friday his unbeaten fifty off 43 balls adding to Imamul Haq’s 80and Babar Azam’s 66 from earlier. Haq and Azam had put up a match-defining154-run stand for the second wicket.
“We were shaken,” Ahmed said. “The way Imam, Babar and Shoaib playedtowards the end was fantastic, but to chase 250 in these conditions againstthe Afghanistan spinners who I think are the best in the world, you have tobat really well.”
