After losing to both the US and India in a row in the T20 World Cup 2024, Azhar Mahmood, the assistant coach of the Pakistan team, said that the national team’s morale is low at the big event. The Babar Azam-led team lost to the US by five runs in the Super Over, which is when Mahmood commented. After this loss, the Green Shirts had a disappointing game against India, where they failed to beat a low goal of 120 runs and lost by six runs.
T20 World Cup losses leave Azhar Mehmood’s team disappointed
Since Pakistan lost to India, the Green Shirts need to win their next two games against Ireland and Canada and for the US to lose their next two games against India and Ireland in order for them to win.
Even if Pakistan wins its next game, it will still need to have a better net run rate than the US to make it to the Super Eight level.
Mahmood said more about how the players are doing: “Right now, everyone on the team is feeling down. We need to boost their spirits because we can still get better and won’t give up hope until it’s over.”
He also said that the hitters on the national team chose the wrong shots, which led to their loss to India.
“The 10 runs we gave up were because we didn’t pick the right shots.” Our game was going well until the 15th over. “We lost as a team, and no one can be blamed for that,” he insisted.
The Men in Green have a very important game today against Canada at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Their chances of making it to the T20 World Cup are very slim.
To stay in the event, the team needs to win both of their next important group games. Also, their hopes of making it to the World Cup depend on the US losing both of their games against India and Ireland.
