In the three-match series, Salman Agha‘s team lost 0-1 after being bowled out for just 139 in 18.1 overs while chasing a total of 195. Although they are in a transitional phase in T20 cricket, Pakistan will not be happy with their performance in the inaugural Twenty20 International match against South Africa on Tuesday, October 28 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
The lopsided loss brought to light Pakistan’s ongoing difficulties with the bat in the middle overs of the game’s shortest format. Salman Agha, the captain, responded to this following Tuesday’s 55-run loss. The inability of Pakistan’s batters to rotate their strikes and form partnerships, he acknowledged, is hurting the team’s chances of winning.
“We need to stop losing wickets too quickly, particularly in the middle overs. All we have to do is bat correctly, take singles and doubles, rotate the strike, and form partnerships. Right now, we are missing out on that. “We can chase these kinds of totals if we have good partnerships,” Salman Agha stated during the post-match presentation.
In the upcoming games, Salman Agha hoped his teammates will play better.
To make a comeback, he acknowledged that it will be essential to adapt more quickly both when bowling and when batting.
“In the PowerPlay, we didn’t bowl well. It would have been sufficient to bowl at the top of off stump, but we failed to do so. Positively, we were able to recover much later. However, we must make a fast turnaround with the bat in the middle overs and the ball up front,” Salman Agha said.
Salman Agha won the toss earlier in the day and chose to bowl first. Reeza Hendricks (60 off 40) kept the innings together, and South Africa scored a respectable 194/9 thanks to important contributions from George Linde (36 off 22) and Tony de Zorzi (33 off 16). In response, Linde and Corbin Bosch took three and four wickets, respectively, and their controlled bowling helped Pakistan be bowled out for 139.
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