Babar Azam Speaks About David Warner’s Dropped Catch After Loss To Australia

The Babar Azam-led Pakistan National Cricket Team confronted a humiliating 62-run defeat by the hands of Pat Cummins-led Australia Nationwide Cricket Crew within the 18th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, October 20.

Pakistan gained the toss and opted to bowl within the first match. The choice turned out to be a nightmare for the aspect because the Australian openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh performed aggressive cricket.

The Australian opening duo regarded unstoppable as they added 259 runs in 203 balls to put the inspiration for a 400-plus complete. Nonetheless, Shaheen Afridi bagged the primary wicket of the innings to open the floodgates. Afridi saved selecting wickets at common intervals and was effectively supported by Haris Rauf and Usama Mir.

Australia had been restricted to 367/9 as Shaheen Afridi bagged 5 wickets, Haris Rauf picked three wickets and Usama Mir received one wicket.

Chasing the goal, Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique offered Pakistan with a terrific begin. Nonetheless, the middle-order wasn’t capable of benefit from the beginning offered by the openers they usually received bundled out for 305 in 45.3 overs.

Should you drop the catch of somebody like Warner, he gained’t spare you – Babar Azam

In the course of the post-match presentation ceremony, Babar Azam mentioned that they weren’t on top of things on the sector, and dropping the catch of David Warner for 10 proved to be damaging. Babar Azam mentioned:

“Weren’t on top of things with the ball. And when you drop the catch of somebody like Warner, he gained’t spare you. This can be a huge scoring floor, margin of error may be very much less.”

Babar Azam, nevertheless, credited the bowlers for bringing Pakistan again into the sport after a poor begin with the ball. He mentioned:

“Entire credit score to quick bowlers and spinners for the best way we pulled it again in previous couple of overs. Simply tried to hit the size and hit the stumps.”

Babar Azam opened up on his message to the batters forward of the mammoth run-chase and added that they should get higher with the bat in center overs. He mentioned:

“Message was easy – we are able to do it, we’ve carried out it up to now. Ball got here on effectively underneath lights. Couldn’t get huge partnerships within the center overs. Have to be higher within the first 10 overs with the ball, and higher within the center overs with the bat.”