In a recent interview with PakPassion, former Pakistan all-rounder and current Sialkot Region head coach, Mansoor Amjad, dissected the surprising loss against India. He highlighted the subpar fielding performance of the Pakistan team and felt that they could have restricted India by 10 runs.
By Saj Sadiq (10-06-2024)
This is nothing more disturbing than bottling a World Cup match that was within your grasp. Pakistan did just that, leaving millions of fans disheartened and shattered. Shortly after the humiliating defeat against the USA, Pakistan bowlers made huge amends against arch-rivals India on June 9 to restrict them to just 119.
It looked like a straightforward target until the 14th over of Pakistan's chase; however, a shoddy display of batting and a Bumrah masterclass combined to hand Pakistan back-to-back defeats and on the verge of elimination from the T20 World Cup.
He discussed various topics including:
00:14 - Introduction
01:20 - On the Pakistan and India game
03:13 - On Pakistan's poor fielding
06:13 - On Shadab Khan
08:41 - On Pakistan's batting lineup
11:08 - Reasons behind Pakistan's failure in the World Cup
12;12 - On Gary Kirsten
13:13 - On Babar Azam's captaincy
15:02 - Conclusion
