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Watch: Pakistan captain Babar Azam motivates teammates after India loss

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Pakistan captain Babar Azam gave a motivational speech to his teammates after the Men in Green misplaced to India by 4 wickets of their Super 12 encounter in Melbourne on Sunday.

“Brothers, it was a good match. We put in the effort, like always. We made some mistakes but from those mistakes, we have to learn. We should not fall. The tournament has just started, we have lots of matches left, remember that,” Babar mentioned in a video launched by the Pakistan Cricket Twitter deal with.

“We didn’t lose because of one person. We all lost as a team. Nobody should point fingers at one person. This should not happen, not in this team. As a team we lost and we will win as a team. We have to stick together, remember that,” the skipper added.

He additionally identified that there have been additionally positives that they’ll take away from this match.

“We win as one and lose as one!”

Listen what Matthew Hayden, Babar Azam and Saqlain Mushtaq instructed their gamers following a heartbreaking loss in Melbourne.#T20WorldCup | #WeHaveWeWill pic.twitter.com/suxGf34YSe

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“We have had good performances as well, so look at those also. The small mistakes that were made, we need to work on those as a team,” he mentioned.

The captain additionally instructed Mohammad Nawaz, who bowled the final over, to to not take the end result to coronary heart.

“Don’t worry Nawaz. You are my match winner and I will always believe in you. You will win matches for me. It was a pressure game but you took it very close so very well done,” Babar mentioned to his bowler because the dressing room erupted in applause.

“Whatever it is, leave it here. Going ahead, we will start afresh. As a team, we played very well and we have to continue like this. Wish you all the best,” he concluded.

In the match each Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan didn’t have an effect, with each dropping their wickets to World Cup debutant Arshdeep Singh. Pakistan have been nicely served by Iftikhar Ahmed’s 34-ball 51 and Shan Masood’s unbeaten 52 off 42 balls after they misplaced their first two wickets with simply 15 runs on the board within the fourth over.

For India, Singh was among the many most profitable bowlers within the much-awaited match of the match, ending with figures 3/32 in 4 overs on the iconic floor.