Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has voiced disappointment over the crew’s current efficiency after their loss within the third T20I match towards New Zealand at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Afridi shared his views on the social media platform ‘X’, highlighting that the Pakistani batters missed out on exploiting a “incredible batting floor,” leading to a complete of solely 178 runs of their innings. He additionally recommended Shadab Khan for his aggressive batting model within the match, which made him the best scorer for Pakistan.
“On a wonderful batting floor, we did not make sufficient runs. The rating ought to have been round 220. Nicely performed Shadab, the remainder of the batters ought to purpose for higher strike charges in these situations and pitches. Goodluck for the remaining video games. Nice inns by Chapman, an awesome lesson on how you can end a match,” Shahid Afridi posted.
The Males in Inexperienced batted first and posted a complete of 178 runs, dropping 4 wickets within the course of throughout the first innings. Shadab emerged as the best scorer with 41 runs off 20 deliveries, together with 4 boundaries and two sixes. Babar Azam and Saim Ayub added 37 and 32 runs respectively, whereas Irfan Niazi remained unbeaten with 30 runs off 20 balls.
New Zealand’s Mark Chapman starred within the sport, scoring a formidable 87 runs from 42 balls, an innings that in the end led to New Zealand’s victory and leveled the sequence at 1-1. Chapman’s efficiency was significantly praised by Afridi, who regarded it as a lesson in how you can end matches successfully.
The sequence continues with the subsequent two matches scheduled to happen on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on April 25 and 27.
