Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has defended his team’s batting approach after their loss to England in the final of the T20 World Cup 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
England’s Sam Curran (3/12) and leg-spinner Adil Rashid (2/22) bowled brilliant spells as Babar and his fellow Pakistani batters stuttered through the first innings to reach 137/8 from their 20 overs.
Thereafter, an unbeaten fifty from Ben Stokes (52 not out off 49) helped England crown themselves as winners of Men’s T20 World Cup with five-wicket victory.
“I’m very sad. I think we were 20 runs short and we couldn’t defend because of that. We are very proud to play for Pakistan. It is very sad when you can’t finish it. I’m disappointed,” the Pakistan captain said in the post-match press conference.
“We were in a different situation. We were trying to build partnerships but we couldn’t. Whenever a wicket falls, the batter goes and he takes two-three balls to settle down. We came on the back foot as a batting unit,” he added.
Babar and his opening partner Mohammad Rizwan have recently come in for criticism at times due to their safety-first approach during the Powerplay, often scoring relatively slowly compared to other top nations and then looking for the team to use the platform set in order to accelerate in the second half of the innings.
The same occurred in the final, with Babar scoring 32 from 28 and Rizwan 15 from 14.
“It depends on the situation. I think they had three dismissals in the first six overs and we had two. It depends on the situation and the conditions, what is the demand from you and after that you plan. Every team has its own plans and we stuck to our plan,” said Babar.
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