http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665 disappointed with his colleagues’ performance in the Champions Trophy – Cricket News
Disappointed with Pakistan’s performance in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, Sohail Tanvir, the discarded left-arm medium-fast bowler, thinks that the Green Shirts were low on confidence with the bat, which led to their
downfall in the competition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 and company failed to make an impression in the tournament, losing all their three group matches to be knocked out of the event. A number of sporting analysts have slammed Pakistan’s lacklustre performance in the
mega event, with the fans calling for the exclusion of many senior players from the national squad.
While talking to Pakpassion, the all-rounder from Rawalpindi said that the bowling attack looked threatening throughout the competition but unfortunately, the batsmen failed to live up to the expectations of the fans.
Between the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the Caribbean and the Champions Trophy this year, the Green Shirts have qualified for the semi-final of each and every ICC tournament. This is another reason why Tanvir is disappointed
with Pakistan’s showing in the Champions Trophy.
He expressed, “It was very disappointing to see colleagues and team mates struggle during the Champions Trophy. I think we all had high expectations of the team going into the tournament particularly given Pakistan’s record in
previous ICC tournaments and if the batsmen had provided the bowlers with some decent scores to defend around the 220 run mark, I’m sure the bowlers would have managed to defend those totals.”
Tanvir further added that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 leading to the illustrious event.
“I think confidence amongst the Pakistani batsmen was low right at the start of the tour. Against Ireland, Pakistan struggled and only narrowly managed to win the two match series,” the left-armer added.
Pakistan’s next assignment in international cricket is expected to be a short tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088, Imran
Farhat and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 would find it very hard to retain their places in the side.
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