Misbah-ul-Haq stated that what transpired was a super over, in which Pakistan’s T20 World Cup campaign was severely damaged, but they went on to beat the USA in Dallas on Thursday. The defeat put the 2009 champions in an extremely difficult and almost uncomfortable position in the group stage elimination, and now they can only pray to go through the next round of the tournament.
Misbah-ul-Haq’s Fiery Critique
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Misbah ul Haq, the ex-Pakistan captain, openly criticized the team, which he thought should have done much better. He criticized the players for their “shy-boy” attitude, and he also called Babar Azam a clueless captain. Later, Misbah-ul-Haq commended the USA’s team management, particularly the way they controlled the game and their strategic plan when playing during the Super Bowl.
Misbah-ul-Haq, who is also the coach of the Pakistan team, commented about the game as follows.‘Bright bowling from the USA limited Pakistan to only 159, while careless catching from the Asian side let the home team equalize during the pressure-accumulative match. ’ Mohammad Amir’s super over was 18, which included 3 wides and 7 extras and quite clearly helped in our defeat.
However, Saurabh Netravalkar showed nerves of steel to give up 13 runs and take a wicket, which may well have been the biggest upset in T20 World Cup history.
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Misbah-ul-Haq’s Analysis of the Match
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Misbah-ul-Haq was very inclined towards criticizing and was especially dissatisfied with the poor strategies made during the game by the Pakistani team.
“It was timid.” Oh, the USA were dominating. I remember that we were waiting, thinking that someone from above would save us. It was no-plan cricket. Babar Azam said ‘they’ were not able to do it; ‘they’ were not able to execute the plans.
There was no plan,” he said during a television show. When it came to handling the fast bowlers, we did not know who was going to bowl after the first over. Both Nafees and Amir were walking to take the run-up. The two looked clueless. Knowing that was part of the plan and that they knew it, I rather felt for the duo.
He also talked about the conscious effort and physical shape of the USA team being more effective. They look good,” but seriously, ‘Look at their game awareness’, and look at ours. I still remember during the Super Over period, they were stealing an extra couple of runs through byes. But according to Misbah, issues pertaining to fitness level, speed, and smartness were all with the Indian team.
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Analysis of Changes in Leadership in PCB
During his speech, Misbah also orated the PCB over the recent change in the PCB Chairman and other officials, as well as shortcomings that have not been addressed since the team’s failure in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup. He noted too many changes at the helm in terms of captaincy and board leadership and referred to this as the worsening of the team’s issues.
“If you look at the last six months, what happened backstage? After the ODI World Cup, there has always been uncertainty present in the captaincy and in the PCB as well. “. Misbah-ul-Haq said.
“The issues evolved from the ODI World Cup; we never managed to suppress them. But intact, they have come into this World Cup with the same batting lineup and the same spinners in the bowling lineup. The same overall team combination, the same skipper, and the same strategies. The problematic issues returned.”
He was more pointed in his criticism of the decision to appoint Shaheen Afridi and then change him after a short stint as the T20I captain. Most notably, Shaheen Afridi was given the mantle of the new T20I captaincy but was dumped after only one international series and a disastrous season in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) by Babar.
In an interview with Sky Sports, Misbah-ul-Haq highlighted some major issues that he had with the team selection and set-up. He says that there was no good fast-bowling all-rounder and that the selectors were picking spinners who did not suit the pitches.
Since they selected the squad, I was insisting: ‘Brother, they have no balance in the team. ’ I said they have no good fast-bowling all-rounders. And regarding the spinners, they were not chosen bearing in mind the conditions.
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