Babar Azam picks Pakistan’s win over India in Asia Cup as his favorite match: Crucial when it comes to place in last

Babar Azam picked Pakistan’s win over India through the Asia Cup Super-Four match as his favorite T20I match in 2022. Pakistan, who misplaced the opening match to India, beat India by 5 wickets.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Jan 2, 2023 08:09 IST

Babar Azam-led Pakistan reached the Asia Cup last however misplaced to Sri Lanka. (AP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: Pakistan captain Babar Azam picked his crew’s win over India through the Asia Cup repeat fixture as his “favourite” T20I match.

Babar’s crew misplaced to India of their opening match by 5 wickets after Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja stood robust. However, within the Super-Four match, Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets within the final-over thriller.

Pakistan went on to achieve the ultimate however finally went down towards Sri Lanka. Babar identified that the win over India was “crucial” because it helped Pakistan to make it to the finals.

“In T20 cricket, my favourite match was the win against India in the repeat fixture of the Asia Cup as it was a crucial game for us in terms of a place in the final,” Babar mentioned on PCB Podcast.

India avenged the Asia Cup re-match loss through the T20 World Cup in Australia. Virat Kohli’s inspirational knock of 82 not out helped India beat Pakistan by 4 wickets on the packed MCG.

The Pakistan captain additionally picked his favorite Test win, saying: “Victory in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle was outstanding as we chased down 342 for the loss of 6 wickets on a difficult track. Abdullah Shafique was magnificent in the second innings when he scored 160 not out.”

While recalling the yr 2022, Babar additional mentioned that reaching the finals of the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup was the spotlight for Pakistan cricket. He additionally thanked the Australia, England and New Zealand groups for touring Pakistan because it gave his crew a “huge learning opportunity”.

“We reached the finals in the UAE and Australia, and though we did not perform the way we had expected in red-ball cricket, three sides ranked above Pakistan played in Pakistan that provided us a huge learning opportunity,” Babar mentioned.

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Jan 2, 2023