As the match between India and Pakistan was washed away due to rain, the fans could not enjoy the entire match. However, during this time both the teams would have fully realized their respective strengths and weaknesses. While Team India’s top order could not withstand the Pakistani pace attack, the Pakistani spinners looked ineffective in the middle overs. Meanwhile, a mistake of Pakistan captain Babar Azam has come to light which is being vigorously discussed in cricket circles. Babar Azam’s captaincy is also getting a lot of criticism due to this mistake. If Babar had not made this mistake, Team India might have collapsed before 40 overs. Let us tell you that India scored 266 runs in 48.5 overs with the help of half-centuries from Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan batting first.
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Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah started the Pakistani bowling brilliantly. In the first 10 overs, Babar Azam’s team showed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer the way to the pavilion. Shaheen bowled to Rohit and Virat while Haris Rauf took the wicket of Shreyas Iyer. After this Shubman Gill also returned to the pavilion with a personal score of 10 in the 15th over. India’s score was only 66 when Gill got out. Here, Pakistan had every chance to attack India, but an error by Babar Azam kept the pair of Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya at the crease and India managed to reach a respectable score.
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Babar Azam’s mistake was that he did not use his bowling unit well after falling for 4 wickets. Indian batsmen have a better record against spinners than fast bowlers. Despite this record being known, Babar Azam attacked the spinners from both ends after the 17th over. In between, he definitely got Shaheen Afridi for 2 overs, but by then it was too late.
Pakistan used spin bowling consistently from the 17th over to the 36th over, with only two overs, the 25th and 27th, bowled by Shaheen Afridi in which he conceded 6 and 1 runs respectively. By the time Shaheen was put into Babar’s attack, Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan had settled in and the duo had put on a half-century partnership.
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After Shaheen bowled the 27th over, Babar Azam removed him with an onslaught and then continued to use the spin bowlers until the 36th over. Meanwhile, Agha Salman bowled along with Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz and the surprising thing was that no spinner got a single wicket. Meanwhile, the partnership of Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya crossed the 100-run mark in no time.
By the time Babar Azam realized his mistake that he should have used a fast bowler at one end and a spinner at the other end, instead of spinners at both ends, India were close to 200. Babar Azam used this strategy briefly after 36 overs and with the pacers coming from both ends from the 43rd over, the Indian innings was restricted to the next 7 overs. Had Babar Azam used his fast bowlers first, Team India might have been out before 40 overs.