Islamabad
\nPakistan\u2019s white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten has opened up on the Green Shirts\u2019 \u201cdisappointing\u201d defeat in T20 World Cup 2024 match against India while blaming the bad decision making for yesterday\u2019s loss.
\n\u201cSome maybe not so great decision making when you\u2019ve got the game on, it\u2019s at a run-a-ball, eight wickets in hand, it was decision making at that point [that cost us],\u201d the International Cricket Council (ICC) quoted Kirsten as saying.
\nHis remarks come after the national side suffered a six-run defeat at the hands of arch-rivals in a low-scoring Group A match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
\nAfter bowling out the Rohit Sharma-led side for 119 runs, the Men in Green fell short and could only score 113 in the given 20 overs due to reckless batting which has effectively put their chances of progressing in the tournament at risk.
\nReflecting on yesterday\u2019s match, Kirsten, who only joined the national side in the United Kingdom last month after being appointed as the head coach, admitted that the Babar Azam-led side had the match in their hands but failed to capitalise on the opportunity.
\n\u201c[We] let it slip at the end […] I think we had the game at 76\/2, with six or seven overs left at that point, so it\u2019s disappointing not to get across the line from the position we got ourselves into,\u201d he noted.
\nLamenting that small details can have a significant impact, Kirsten admitted that the Green Shirts \u201cgave away\u201d 10 to 15 runs at the end which shouldn\u2019t have been the case.
\nStressing that its up to the players how they wish to take their game forward in the future, the head coach reassured that he, along with his team, will be \u201clooking into the issues\u201d before their match against Canada on June 12.
\n\u201cIf you\u2019re not up to it and you\u2019re not improving, you\u2019re going to get found out somewhere,\u201d Kirsten said while pointing out the experience that a lot of players have in the team.
\nHowever, he expressed hope that the team still has a chance to progress in the tournament and said that they are hopeful for things to go their way.
\nHis remarks coincide with Babar\u2019s views expressed in the post-match ceremony wherein the skipper admitted that the team weren\u2019t up to the mark, played too many dot balls and failed to capitalise early in the game during the second innings.
\nFollowing the loss against India, the Green Shirts are now heavily dependent on not just winning their next two games \u2014 against Ireland and Canada \u2014 but also the US to lose their next two against India and Ireland.
\nEven if Pakistan win their next matches, they would still need to have a better net run rate than the US to secure a place in the Super Eight stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad Pakistan\u2019s white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten has opened up on the Green Shirts\u2019 \u201cdisappointing\u201d defeat in T20 World Cup 2024 match against India while blaming the bad decision making for yesterday\u2019s loss. \u201cSome maybe not so great decision making when you\u2019ve got the game on, it\u2019s at a run-a-ball, eight wickets in hand, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-412229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n