Babar Azam has requested to play in Nepal’s under-19 team next year
Pakistan lost Match to New Zealand in 4th T20 New Zealand has taken a 1-2 lead in the series after defeating Pakistan by four runs in a thrilling encounter in the fourth T20 match thanks to Tim Robinson’s half-century and excellent performance by the bowlers.
In the fourth T20 match of the series played in Lahore,Pakistan lost Match captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl first.
New Zealand started the innings on a positive note and batted aggressively scoring 56 runs in the first five overs. On this occasion, Zaman Khan got the team’s first win by dismissing Tam Blundell, who scored 28 runs off 15 balls.
While from the other end, Tim Robinson played the best game and completed his half-century in 35 balls while playing aggressively.
New Zealand scored 93 runs in 10 overs and in the 11th over, Abbas Afridi dismissed Robinson for 51 runs.
New Zealand’s third wicket fell for 128 runs when Shadab Khan took an excellent catch from Mark Chapman off Iftikhar Ahmed. The fourth wicket was taken by Osama Mir of Dean Foxcroft and he scored 34 runs. After which Michael Bracewell and James Neesham took the score to 169 but Abbas Afridi dismissed Kiwi skipper Bracewell for 27 runs and also walked Josh Clarkson on his very next ball.
On the last ball of the innings, Amir ended Ash Sodhi’s innings and thus New Zealand scored 178 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.
Chasing the target, Pakistan lost Matchsuffered a major loss at the start of the innings when captain Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring just five runs in the second over.
Saeem Ayub could not play a big innings once again and returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs for a total score of 40. Usman, the Pakistan lost Match batsman who came after him, could only score 16 runs.
Shadab Khan came in to support Fakhar Zaman after Pakistan lost Match three wickets at a total score of 46 and the two together took the score to 79 but Shadab became the wicket of Bracewell after scoring eight runs.
From the second end, Fakhar continued his excellent game and made a partnership of 59 runs with Iftikhar to take the score to 138.
At this point, the match seemed to be in Pakistan’s grip, but after Iftikhar who scored 23 runs, Fakhar, who played an innings of 61 runs, was dismissed one after another, and the dice of the match turned in favor of New Zealand.
In the final overs, Imad Wasim scored 22 runs off 11 balls to bring the team closer to victory, but he could not succeed. And so the Pakistan lost Match team scored 174 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted overs and New Zealand won the match by four runs.
Criticism of Babar and praise of Shadab on social media
In order to ease the pain of Pakistan lost Match team losing the match, cricket fans openly targeted the Pakistan team and especially the captaincy of Babar Azam in their harsh and critical comments on social media.
While many social media users questioned Babar Azam’s captaincy, some expressed disappointment over Pakistan lost Match team’s performance by sharing a picture of a child participating in the match being upset after the decision of the match.
While some users were also seen appreciating Shadab for his brilliant catch of Mark Chapman.
After the Pakistan lost Match team’s defeat by the slightly weaker and inexperienced New Zealand team, a user Hamza Shaikh shared a picture of a disappointed Shaiq child and commented that
You know the saddest thing about these pictures is that the streak is not over yet and you have to play the next T20 World Cup with this defensively minded captain and I Pretty sure he will hurt you a lot. Shame on Babar Azam.
A user ridiculed the captaincy of Babar Azam and the performance of the Pakistan lost Match cricket team and wrote that “Babar Azam has requested the PCB to hold the series of the under-19 team of Nepal next year instead of the school team of New Zealand.” This is once again very sad, shameful and wrong captaincy of Babar Azam, the reason for failure in another series is his mediocre thinking and strategy.
A user named Hadeel Obeid shared a picture of a depressed child and wrote, ‘I want to tell the child in the blue shirt to hold back his tears, this is just the beginning of the agony to come, our team is always average. , be prepared that it will crush your ambition and dream again and again, it’s too late for the rest of us.
A user named Najeeb wrote, “This picture tells the whole story, it was a disgraceful performance against an inexperienced team, this is a new low point for Pakistan lost Match cricket.”
However, amid all this, a user named Ahshtam commented in support of captain Babar Azam and wrote, “Do we win matches only because of the captain?” The whole team plays its part because cricket is a team game where everyone has to perform? Why everyone criticizes Babar Azam only when we lose.
But while some angry cricketers are criticizing Babar Azam’s captaincy and team performance, some users also praised Shadab Khan’s fielding.
It should be noted that Shadab Khan took a brilliant catch of Mark Chapman. Rather, it was as if he swooped on the ball with the speed of lightning.
A user praised him and wrote that ‘Shadab has caught like Superman.
Another user wrote that ‘Shadab is in the team not because of his bowling but because of his brilliant fielding.’
Haider, another user praised Shadab and wrote, “You can never leave him out of the playing XI, he will play even without bowling and batting and will make an impact on the team and the game.” The most impressive player in world cricket at the moment is Shadab Khan for you.
