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KANDY: Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha opened up after a narrow loss against England in the Super Eight clash of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.
Pakistan set England a challenging 165 here under lights at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
However, England skipper Harry Brook made the target look easy with his sublime century.
The right-hander made 100 off 51 balls, striking four sixes and 10 boundaries.
Speaking after the match, Agha highlighted the shortcomings and praised Brook for his brilliance with the bat.
“Started well with the bat, but couldn’t finish the way we wanted to. But some days you have to give credit to other batters. I think Harry batted brilliantly,” he said in the post-match presentation.
“Our score was a bit short. And then Brook took the game away from us. We threw everything at him,” he continued.
Pakistan captain, the leading run scorer of the tournament, Sahibzada Farha’s performance, noting that the other batters could not step up to the occasion.
“I think he’s batted very well throughout the World Cup. Other batters haven’t played the way we wanted to, but it can happen like that in World Cups, the skipper maintained.
For Pakistan, it was returning Shaheen Afridi who impressed with the ball, picking up a four-wicket haul.
“He bowled really well today. He’s famous for early wickets, and he did that today,” Salman Ali Agha said of Shaheen.
He concluded by saying that England played Pakistan bowling really well, particularly their nemesis, Brook, who took the game away from them.
“Whenever we play against England and lose, it’s always him [Harry Brook] have to say hats off to him and the way he batted today.”
“Very challenging, the way he batted. He can play all around the ground so it can get challenging.”
“The way Nawaz bowled the 19th over, I thought maybe, you never know. Even if there’s a 1% chance, my team will go for it,” he concluded.
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