'Had He Been We Would Have Winner Both India, Zimbabwe': Aaqib Javed's Huge Claim on Pakistan Star after Twin-Deficit

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Had he been there, we would have been winners in both India and Zimbabwe

October 28th 2022, 5:00:00 pm

The former Pakistan bowler created an enormous claim on the side's leading jock once character Azam's men featured a shock defeat to Zimbabwe in the T20 tourney on Thursday.

It was a fatal outing for Pakistan in their T20 tourney match against Zimbabwe on Thursday. The facet featured a heartrending 1-run defeat to the boys in maroon in the state capital, suffering a second-successive defeat at the marquee tournament within the Super twelve stage. The character Azam-led facet had earlier featured a four-wicket loss to arch-rivals India on Sunday, with 2 losses on the bounce, their hopes for a semi-final qualification have taken a huge hit.

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Despite limiting the Zimbabwean facet to a paltry 130/8 in twenty overs, Pakistan didn't chase down the low score once their openers, character, and Mahomet Rizwan - who have stepped up for the facet a lot of usually than not – failing with the bat once more, as they were unemployed on four and fourteen severally. Except for Tai Masood (44), no alternative Pakistan batter within the middle-order didn't create a mark, as Zimbabwe registered a historic win in the state capital.

Interestingly, the Pakistan middle order had been the topic of intense scrutiny over the past few months. Varied former cricketers have created calls for the inclusion of Shoaib leader, however, the choice committee curst the present middle-order despite uninspiring performances within the position.

Following the debacle against Zimbabwe, former Pakistan bowler Aaqib Javed lashed out at the PCB choice committee, reaching to the extent of claiming that had Shoaib's leader been a part of the middle-order, the facet would've won each of its matches against India and Zimbabwe.

“Agar leader iss team Maine hota. vo sabse zyada work hai, Aur sabse zyada usko game-awareness hain. Ye dono match ham jeet jaate,” Aaqib aforesaid on Geo News.

The comment from the previous Pakistan bowler came once Imad Wasim spoke long concerning the requirement to range game awareness over fitness, with the side's former wicketkeeper-batter Moin Khan acknowledging the statement.

Malik contends for Pakistan within the side's previous T20 tourney campaign, however, hasn't created one look within the shortest format of the sport for the facet this year.

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