Reported by The International News
The skipper declared, “We did not perform well as a team, it isn’t because of one person that we lost,” quoted by The International News.
After a lot of trolling by Netizens on Pakistan’s T20 World Cup dismay, Babar Azam presented to resign his white-ball captaincy. Meanwhile, he urged the whole team to communicate answerability for the entire team’s efforts.
Babar claimed during a post-match press conference in Florida after his side beat Ireland, “We did not perform well as a team, it isn’t because of one person that we lost; we could not click as a team.”
Captain Babar instructed Pakistan through bold pursuits they ceased their T20 World Cup movement with a three-wicket win over Ireland in the last Group A match, a dead rubber after both teams were already destroyed.
Pakistan completed third in the five-team group with four points after losing to India and the United States, who moved to the Super Eight stage.
The Green Shirts did not begin their campaign on a high note as they lost to minnows US and then, despite prohibiting India to a low total, the batters could not perpetrate.
“We did not play well as a team, it isn’t one man’s responsibility. Although I am the captain, I can’t be everywhere, just like I said, we didn’t click as a team,” the skipper claimed.
When it reached captaincy, Babar claimed he had relinquished when he assumed that he should not continue and that he had proclaimed it himself.
“It was returned to me by the PCB and when we go back, we will discuss what transpired here. In case I have to step down, I will announce it myself publicly,” he stated.
“For now, I haven’t decided on it yet. If the PCB chairman thinks there’s a need for surgery, we’ll talk about it.”
At periods, he claimed, the team was sufficiently with the bowl and not with the bat. “…but we could not click with the bat. Even when we had the match, we lost wickets which is why we lost two crucial matches. We were putting pressure on the other teams, but then we started losing wickets.”
Discussion about the circumstances of the team, he claimed: “We are in more pain than you are in; players and the management, are all in pain. We could not play the level of cricket which was expected of us.”
