LONDON: Pakistan’s white-ball captain Babar Azam on Thursday, asserted that the national team is on track despite succumbing to a 2-0 series defeat against England.
Babar, while addressing the post-match press conference here after Pakistan’s seven-wicket defeat against England in the fourth T20I, reflected on the national team’s journey since the Asia Cup 2023 and reiterated that the team could not click.
“We are on track. But, as a team, we are not being able to click. When things change, you need some time to get back on track.
“[We have] a different support staff so we need some time to communicate with them.
“We are used to playing under different managements and we are performing as an individual but not as a team. I want us to perform as a team.”
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Babar Azam also termed the series defeat against England “disappointing” but remained confident that the team would perform well in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
“It is disappointing to lose the series,” Babar said.
“We needed to win the series to go into the T20 World Cup with high spirits. The World Cup is a completely different game; we will deliver better results in it,” he added.
In the fourth T20I against England, Pakistan had a decent start to their innings as the returning opening pair of Babar and Mohammad Rizwan added 59 runs for the first wicket before the captain perished on the final delivery of the batting powerplay.
Despite a good start, the touring side’s middle-order failed to continue the momentum and crumbled against a disciplined England bowling attack.
“Undoubtedly, the batsmen were not responsible in the middle overs and lost wickets. Due to the successive fall of wickets, we couldn’t achieve a big score,” Babar admitted.
“The bowlers also didn’t bowl well and conceded too many runs,” Babar Azam added.
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