Babar Azam in dressing-room speech after Pakistan lose T20 World Cup semis: Let’s not level fingers at one another

Pakistan captain Babar Azam tried to carry the temper within the dressing room after their 5-wicket loss to Australia within the semi-final of T20 World Cup 2021 in Abu Dhabi. The younger captain harassed it is essential to not level fingers at one another and that the whole workforce didn’t play as much as its potential within the heartbreaking loss on Thursday.

Pakistan posted 176/4 on the board of their quota of 20 overs, due to fifties from Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. However, defending a complete in Dubai proved troublesome but once more as Pakistan paid the value for some extraordinary effort with the ball and on the sphere. Pakistan misplaced the toss and had been requested to bat by Aaron Finch on Thursday.Australia had been all the way down to 127/5 in 16 overs, needing 50 runs within the final 4 overs however a blistering partnership between Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis noticed them get previous the end line with an over to spare. Fast bowler Hasan Ali, who gave away 44 runs in 4 overs, dropped Wade’s catch within the nineteenth over earlier than the left-handed batter smashed 3 sixes in as many balls to gun down the chase.Shaheen Afridi, who had eliminated Aaron Finch within the very first over of Australia’s chase, was on the receiving finish as he 22 runs in his last over. Wade hit the final 3 deliveries of the nineteenth over to sixes as Australia booked a spot within the last on Sunday.”Everybody is sad, everybody is feeling the pain. We need to figure out where we went wrong and where we have to improve. No one will tell us this, we all know this. But we have to learn from this,” Babar advised his teammates in a dressing-room speech shared by Pakistan cricket.”We have created a unit at the World Cup and this shouldn’t break. There should be no finger-pointing. We should go into saying ‘he did this, he did this and all that’. We, as a team, did not play well. No one should point fingers at any other person.”We misplaced, it is okay however we have now to study from this. We will. In the instances to come back, we shouln’t make the identical errors.”I am telling you again, we shouldn’t let the unit break. We have worked hard to create this. One loss shouldn’t force anyone to leave this unit. As a captain, I am backing everyone. We have created a very good atmosphere in the dressing room, one that feels like family. Everyone has put in the effort. Every match, every player has taken up responsibility,” he added.Babar Azam, Saqlain Mushtaq and Matthew Hayden are happy with their aspect regardless of a five-wicket defeat in #T20WorldCup semi-final. pic.twitter.com/kAem5PrWjj— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 11, 2021
Don’t get slowed down by the loss: BabarBabar conceded that the World Cup semi-final loss is hurting however urged his teammates to select themselves up and concentrate on not repeating the errors sooner or later. Pakistan had been unbeaten within the group levels, securing victories over arch-rivals India and eventual finalists New Zealand however they slipped within the semi-final in opposition to Australia.”We will put in the effort, that is in our hands but the result is not. I know everyone is sad. But this will last for a short while. We will start thinking about where we went wrong and where we should have improved.”Don’t get slowed down. Try lifting one another. Learn, there’s a little bit of unhappiness however we have now to beat that,” Babar added.Australia will face New Zealand in the final of the T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday as a new champion is waiting to be crowned in the shortest format of the game.