Aamer Sohail questions Hafeez’ decision to bat against India – Cricket News Update
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 skipper Aamer Sohail has questioned incumbent Muhammad Hafeez’ decision to bat first against a star-studded Indian batting line-up in their World T20 Super Eight match, at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on Sunday.
“Pakistan should have realised that India’s strong point is their batting and they can chase a big total, so why did they bat first?” said the former top-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sohail-c41418 during a TV show.
The veteran opener was also critical of the combination fielded by the Pakistan team management against the archrivals saying, “Our eleven was not chosen with India in mind.”
Pakistan lost that match comprehensively by eight wickets, after being bundled out for just 128 in 19.4 overs. Indian part-timers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 played key role in restricting the opposition to a paltry total. Yuvraj claimed two wickets as
well as scored a direct hit run out, while Kohli accounted for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088, who top scored for Pakistan with a 22-ball 28.
Kohli later smashed an unbeaten 78 off 61 balls to take his side home in 17 overs, with eight wickets to spare, to keep http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 alive in the tournament.
The defeat leaves the 2009 World T20 champions with a must-win Super Eight encounter against rampaging http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, today at the same R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, to reach the semi-finals. Even after winning the final Super Eight encounter against the mighty
Aussies, Pakistan will hope http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 gives Dhoni and his men a tough fight in the last Group 2 match, later in the day.
Another legendary Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Syed-Zaheer-Abbas-Kirmani-c92392 questioned Pakistan’s planning and preparation for the summit clash. He also claimed that Hafeez and men panicked once the in-form Indian batsman Virat Kohli got going.
“It seemed there was no planning for the crucial match,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbas-c41488. “You need to do proper planning for a match against India but I saw that the team panicked and there was no plan to stop Kohli.”
Sunday’s match was only the third international encounter between nemesis India and Pakistan, after the 2011 World Cup semi-final and the Asia Cup tie in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, with the former prevailing at all the three occasions.
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