Pak Vs Australia: Babar Azam blames Hassan Ali, then asks teammates to not blame anybody

On Friday (November 12), Pakistani cricket workforce captain Babar Azam took a U-turn after blaming fellow cricketer Hassan Ali for the match defeat in opposition to Australia in the course of the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2021.
In a video shared on the official Youtube channel of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Babar Azam was heard as saying, “We need to learn from our defeat. The unit that we created should not break. None should point fingers at each other. We did not play well as a team. One should not resort to blaming his teammates. None of you will talk negative and instead focus on the positives. Yes, we have lost. No issues. We will learn from it.”
He additional added, “It takes a long time to form a unit like this. This defeat should not lead to its breakup. One loss in a cricket match should not de-motivate anyone to desert the team. I always back everyone. We have maintained a family-like atmosphere within the team. Everyone has put in effort… All of you have discharged your responsibilities in each match. This is what is expected from the team… I know everyone is unhappy but this is temporary.”

Although the Pakistani skipper appeared seemingly understanding and supportive in the direction of all workforce members, this was nonetheless not the case on Thursday (November 11) evening. Babar Azam was fast to throw his fellow teammate Hassan Ali beneath the bus after the match loss.
“The turning point of the match was the dropped catch of Matthew Wade. A new batter coming in then and it would have been a different scenario and maybe a different result. As a player, you should always be on your toes and take any opportunity that arises,” Babar Azam had remarked.

Hassan Ali put up a poor present in opposition to Australia in the course of the semi-final match. He had conceded 44 runs in 4 overs, with the Australian aspect hitting him for 4 fours and 1 six. Despite an economic system fee of 11 per over, he didn’t get any wickets. He gave 15 runs within the 18th over and dropped the essential catch of Matthew Wade within the nineteenth over, which proved to be a gamechanger for Australia. Wade went on to smash 41 runs in simply 17 partitions to guide his workforce to a snug victory.
Although Babar Azam has now resorted to ‘damage control’ mode, Opindia had earlier reported how Hassan Ali was vilified for being a Shia Muslim by many in Pakistan. He was subjected to a flurry of private feedback, prices of match-fixing, derogatory remarks about his mom and Indian-born spouse.
Given that Pakistan is a Sunni-majority nation, Islamists don’t depart any probability to abuse the Shia group for any misfortune that befalls the nation. Following Pakistan’s humiliating loss to Australia, conspiracy theories about Hassan Ali being a Shia (and therefore shedding the match intentionally) started floating on social media.
Soon after the match loss, Pakistani cricket followers had flooded social media with hateful and abusive remarks in opposition to Hassan Ali.