Virat Kohli takes the field during the second innings against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
Indian captain Virat Kohli On Sunday, there was no qualms in admitting that Pakistan “defeated” his team in the ICC T20 World Cup here, but said their players are not the ones to press the panic button.
Pakistan made a clinical effort to crush India by 10 wickets for their first win in a World Cup match in 13 attempts.
Chasing 152 for India to win, Pakistan completed the task in 17.
The Indian team and its millions of fans were stunned in 5 overs.
“We didn’t do the things we wanted to, but the credit is definitely owed – they (Pakistan) beat us today,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Thanks to a dangerous opening burst from Shaheen Shah Afridi, India found themselves straight on the back-foot as they lost three wickets with just 31 runs on the board.
“It’s very difficult to come back when you lose three early wickets, especially when you know the dew is coming.
He was also very professional with the bat.
He said, “Hiting the line in the first half was not as easy as it looked in Pakistan’s innings, so when you know the conditions can change, you need 10-20 extra runs.
“But some quality bowling from Pakistan didn’t let us get off the block.
We are definitely not a team that presses the panic button, this is the beginning of the tournament, not the end,” Kohli said.
Pakistan captain Babar Azmi He scored an unbeaten 68 while Mohammad Rizwan scored an unbeaten 79 as Pakistan went on to win it without any trouble.
Babar said that his team executed the plans to perfection, which was proof of the way they dominated and won the game.
“We executed our plans well and the early wickets were very helpful.
Shaheen’s wickets gave us a lot of confidence and the spinners also dominated.
The plan with Rizwan has always been to keep it simple,” Babar said.
“We tried to go deep into the crease and from about the 8th over there was dew and the ball came well.
This is just the beginning, we are confident of moving forward.
It will be match by match for us.
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He said that there was not that much pressure on his team and they were not thinking about the record against India at all.
“I just wanted to support all my players who are preparing well.
It helps when you play tournaments before the big World Cup and our players come out of it with a lot of confidence.
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