Everything has gone according to plan, Pakistan remained unbeaten in the T20 World Cup and advanced to the semi-finals with a 45-run victory over Namibia in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan has already reached the tournament’s semi-finals for the fifth time.
Everything has gone according to plan, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan wanted to bat deep, and Pakistan have checked all the boxes in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup so far, according to the former following their 45-run win over Namibia. Babar and Rizwan put on a 113-run opening stand in 14.2 overs before the latter teamed up with Mohammad Hafeez for a third-wicket stand of 67 runs off 26 balls.
After winning the toss, Babar stunned many by electing to bat first. “Today was a different approach; we wanted that first partnership to go deep, and it worked out,” he explained. Babar explained that the squad wanted to give Mohammad Hafeez and Asif Ali a different task while completing the innings. While Asif did not have to bat, it was. Hafeez who accelerated Pakistan’s innings before. Rizwan scored 24 runs in the penultimate over. In 16 balls, the seasoned all-rounder scored 32 runs.
“Hafeez and Hasan Ali are two good players who will be key in the next stage, and it was critical that we ticked those boxes,” Babar remarked.
On Monday, Pakistan had a few misfields, which had been uncommon in previous games. According to Babar, the dew did not assist, but Pakistan must improve. “There was some dew, which made fielding difficult, but that’s no excuse; we need to improve. Everything went as planned, and we’re looking forward to the semi-finals and continuing to play our cricket with the same zeal “he stated
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