Pakistan captain Babar Azam sought to make amends for his comment that Hasan Ali’s dropped catch of Matthew Wade was the turning point of their T20 World Cup semi-finals defeat to Australia, saying players dropping catches was part of game and the costly mistake was not the reason for his team’s ouster.

After Pakistan suffered a five-wicket defeat, courtesy Wade’s sensational three consecutive sixes off Shaheen Shah Afridi in the 19th over, Babar had said at the post-match presentation that the scenario of the match could have been different had the catch been taken.