Babar Azam squandered the opportunity like Imran won the world cup in 1992 and created a historic record. If Babar Azam had watched the second semi-final between england and India, pakistan might have learned some lessons. Whatever the indian team did wrong in the second semi-final, pakistan did the same. We don't know if it was because of the rain, but the melbourne pitch was a bit wet. The ball was not hitting the bat very fast. Due to this, Pakistani players stumbled to accumulate runs. pakistan seemed to be a bit patient in the power play with the aim of not letting the wickets fall. The power play is very important on pitches like this. Then you have to play a brave game. The reason why the english team won today is that Jos Buttler played bravely to bat in the first four overs knowing that it would be difficult to reach the target of 138 against pakistan on this pitch.
That and Nashim Shah hitting the back ball for a six is another level. This is what pakistan failed to do. What comes to mind is what tennis legend Roger Federer said. Federer said that if you keep doing the same thing, preparing the same way, you are going backward. Only by learning something new, you can progress. You have to play new shots. Only then you can win in tennis.
The same goes for cricket, in t20 cricket if you play your orthodox shot, it is difficult to get runs anymore. You have to learn new shots and play them. Pakistani players must have seen that if Adil Rashid bowls in the over, he will be caught. As long as it is like that, he can see the gap in the ground and score two or three runs for every ball.
Pakistan would have won the world cup today if they had scored even one 20 runs. This is the reason given above for England's batting success. Jos Buttler bowled action and stokes rolled the anchor to get the win. moeen ali converted the balls he got into boundaries. In t20 cricket, if you divide your tasks like this, you will get successful. It is a big crime that pakistan gave 8 runs wide.
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