T20 World Cup: Skipper Babar defends Pakistan's batting tactics

Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Sunday defended his teams approach with the bat following their loss to England in the final of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground hereLeftarm pacer Sam Curran 312 and legspinner Adil Rashid 222 bowled brilliant spells as Babar and his fellow Pakistani batters stuttered through the first innings to reach 1378 from their 20 overs Thereafter an unbeaten fifty from Ben Stokes 52 not out off 49 helped England crown themselves as winners of Mens T20 World Cup with fivewicket victoryIm very sad I think we were 20 runs short and we couldnt defend because of that We are very proud to play for Pakistan It is very sad when you cant finish it Im disappointed the Pakistan captain said in the postmatch press conferenceWe were in a different situation We were trying to build partnerships but we couldnt Whenever a wicket falls the batter goes and he takes twothree balls to settle down We came on the back foot as a batting unit he addedBabar and his opening partner Mohammad Rizwan have recently come in for criticism at times due to their safetyfirst approach during the Powerplay often scoring relatively slowly compared to other top nations and then looking for the team to use the platform set in order to accelerate in the second half of the inningsAlso readBabar Azam more excited than nervous for big dayThe same occurred in the final with Babar scoring 32 from 28 and Rizwan 15 from 14 But the skipper says the tactic isnt necessarily the wrong oneIt depends on the situation I think they had three dismissals in the first six overs and we had two It depends on the situation and the conditions what is the demand from you and after that you plan Every team has its own plans and we stuck to our plan said BabarSometimes we are not able to give 100 percent on it We try not to repeat our mistakes But this is a part of the game Sometimes you do well and sometimes you dont This is the beauty of cricket Every day is different he addedWith the openers so often being the dominant force in Pakistans T20 batting effort the middle order have struggled to make an impression at times in the past couple of years Masoods 28ball 38 and Shadabs quickfire 20 aside there were limited contributions from the players down the order in the finalAsked if he was disappointed in the middle order the captain responded As a team we win As a team we lose The way we started we couldnt finish well On the 11th over it was 8085 I think we should have finished at 150 I think we made some mistakesWith the next Mens T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in the Caribbean and United States in two years time there is an opportunity for teams to make changes following this years tournament and build across the next 24month cycleBut Babar says the Pakistan hierarchy will now turn their attention towards the upcoming Test Series against England and New Zealand before making any personnel decisions in the shorter form of the gameIts too early to decide Well play Tests next and when T20Is come around again well decide he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever