PERTH: Pakistan right-arm speedster Haris Rauf acknowledged the national team’s poor start to their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 campaign but believes there is plenty of room for them to bounce back.
Haris, while talking at a pre-match press conference here on Saturday, commented on the team’s dismal start to their world cup campaign and expressed confidence in doing well in the remaining fixtures.
“We performed really well in last year’s world cup and were off to a decent start but that has gone by and we’re in the new world cup,” Haris stated.
“No doubt, our start this time was not as good as we lost two close matches. Ups and downs are parts of cricket but everyone knows the effort the team puts in and the belief each of us has in everyone.
“Definitely, we get hurt, as much as the fans do, but in the end, cricket is a game and winning and losing are parts of it.”
The right-arm pacer then revealed that the squad discussed the errors made in the previous two games and is working to correct them.
“We sit together and discussed our mistakes and tried to overcome them. There is still plenty of tournament left, so our strive will do our best in the upcoming matches,” said Haris.
In response to a question regarding the dropped catches off his bowling, Haris admitted that it hurts the bowler but again coined it as a part of the game.
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan will take on the Netherlands in a must-win Super 12s match on Sunday.
The Green Shirts endured an opening defeat against arch-rivals India before suffering an upset defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe.
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