Pakistan captain Babar Azam praises Asif Ali after his five-wicket win Afghanistan in Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Asif played another scintillating innings for Pakistan as he hit four sixes in the over off Karim Janat to help Pakistan win with six balls to spare. With the win, Pakistan has completed a hat-trick of wins in the current round. t20 world cup. Earlier, they had defeated India and New Zealand in Group 2 competition.
Mohammad Nabi (35 off 32) and Gulbadin Naib (35 off 25) returned to the fight for Afghanistan as they posted a total of 147/6 in 20 overs after losing too many wickets in the first half of the innings.
Captain Babar admitted that his bowlers gave away 10-15 extra runs at the end of the innings.
“We started well with the ball, we got a lot of wickets as planned. Maybe too many 10-15 runs in the end,” Babar said in the post-match presentation.
Babar praised Asif for his brutal knock of 25 runs* in 7 balls to complete a hat-trick of victory for Pakistan. The captain said that he knew that Asif would do well for the team when needed.
He said, ‘We could not take the powerplay as much as we wanted with the bat. Finally, with Malik and Asif Ali, we knew they could work. He (Aasif Ali) is known for it and I was confident that in the pre-tournament itself, he would do well if needed.
Babar also reacted to Pakistan bowlers’ plan to attack Afghanistan’s batsmen with short balls.
“We planned our strategies well with the ball, and also made sure that he kept the uneven boundary dimensions in mind while bowling. The spinners were getting some grip off the track, Afghanistan also have good bowlers and I was trying to take it as deep as I could. Unfortunately, I couldn’t finish things but the credit goes to Asif Ali.”
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