Karachi: Pakistan is back in a family territory: he is victories or bust now after New Zealand was a party game once again for the Mohammad Rizwan team on Wednesday. It was a frightful performance, the mood of celebration that surrounds the return to the champions trophy home, the first CPI tournament on Pakistani soil in 29 years, having dissipated quickly.
New Zealand defeated Pakistan on both occasions that they met in the recent Tri-Nation series, even in the final. They were in that once again. Pakistan could not appear once again, surpassed on the one hand that was more clinical, more calculated.
The weaknesses, of which Rizwan had spoken one day ago, did not seem approached. Pakistan’s patron sat on the locker room, stunned. This was how it was supposed to be. It seemed a genuine hope, at least in the crowd that had packed the terrain until the capacity, when Pakistan began his persecution.
In the midst of the trumpets of Vuvuzelas and the strong cheers in the National Bank Stadium, Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel they went out to hit; The hosts were hindered by the penalty of time at the regular opener Fakhar Zaman, who was forced to leave later after leaving the field early in the entrances of New Zealand due to an injury.
Tom Latham and Will Young had hit centuries when Pakistan’s bowling in death once again caught fire; New Zealand doing 320-5 after being sent. Rizwan’s men needed to answer. The pattern was soon in the field after Saud’s early game.
But he was suffocating for Pakistan; Shots unable to pass the painting, the limits are a rarity. As the New Zealand constriction continued tensing, the pressure surpassed Rizwan, an amazing capture of a single hand of Glenn Phillips, who had previously made a whirlwind of half a century, seeing his fall.
The end seemed almost to Pakistan. Fakhar, looking annoyed by his back, briefly blinked before being cleaned. Salman Ali Agha gave some impetus, but after falling, Tayyab Tahir couldn’t last long. Babar’s disappearance after 64 was the last nail in the coffin for Pakistan.
Fans began to transmit to the exits, disappointed that their team would have disappointed them. Those who lost the fireworks of Khushdil Shah; The left -handed team that made a team 69. That was the only positive in the day for Pakistan, whose campaign is in danger of reaching a premature ending if they lose their next game ‘A’ India on Sunday.
The burning question remains how Pakistan rises for the clash against his archirival. “Of course, it is the Champions Trophy, so there is additional pressure, but we will treat it as a normal game,” Rizwan said in the presentation after the game.
Pacer Naseem Shah was clearer with what needs to be done. “It is discouraging to lose this game, of course, we have to look at the areas where we have found ourselves with the game of India,” he told journalists, and added that Pakistan’s death was proven to be a Achilles heel .
Pakistan admitted 113 in the last 10 overs against New Zealand, he finally lost for 60 races. “We need to execute death better in the next two games,” said Naseem, with Pakistan’s last group game against Bangladesh on March 27.
ViceCapitán Salman said that Pakistan needs to work on score runs quickly. “We need to work in our strike rotation, especially at the beginning of the tickets,” he told a press conference.
Pakistan is making the same mistakes over and over again. Now they have left without error margin.
Posted in Dawn, February 20, 2025
