Pakistan put an…”Garry Kristen gives a massive statement on Pakistan’s loss against India.
Following their June 9, Sunday, loss to India in New York, Pakistan’s coach Gary Kirsten believes that his team put undue pressure on themselves. In order to win their second T20 World Cup match against India and get off to a good start in the competition, Pakistan needed to chase a modest total of 120 runs. As the men in green found themselves at 73 for 2 in 13 overs, it seemed like they were winning handily.
Nevertheless, Pakistan appeared to buckle under strain and lost the game by 6 runs, but the Indian bowlers managed to pull off the remarkable victory. The Pakistani coach promptly agreed to the question posed by Kirsten at the post-match news conference regarding whether his team had put themselves in a difficult situation. Given their expertise in T20 competitions around the world, Kirsten believed that his players ought to be able to judge when to advance the game.
“You are pretty much spot-on. These guys are all international players and they’re aware that when they’re not performing at their best that there’s going to be pressure put on them. That’s understandable, but a lot of these guys have played a lot of T20 cricket around the world over many, many years and it’s really up to them to decide how they’re going to take their games forward,” said Kirsten.
According to Kirsten, he told the hitters to hunt for the odd boundary and take advantage of the balls that are loose. After losing wickets, the Pakistani team’s coach believed that his team performed admirably for 15 overs but then stopped rotating strike and found themselves in a difficult situation.
“So, the message from all of us was to look for the odd boundary, try and capitalise on the loose balls and make sure that you can get as many ones as you can through the innings. And I thought we did that brilliantly for 15 overs. We kept it at a run a ball, and then we lost wickets and then we stopped scoring ones and then we were looking for boundaries and once you’ve got to that point it was always going to be hard. So, the message was to do what we executed for 15 overs,” said Kirsten.
With their aspirations for the Super 8s in jeopardy, Pakistan will next play Canada on Tuesday, June 11, in New York.
Following their June 9, Sunday, loss to India in New York, Pakistan’s coach Gary Kirsten believes that his team put undue pressure on themselves. In order to win their second T20 World Cup match against India and get off to a good start in the competition, Pakistan needed to chase a modest total of 120 runs. As the men in green found themselves at 73 for 2 in 13 overs, it seemed like they were winning handily.
Nevertheless, Pakistan appeared to buckle under strain and lost the game by 6 runs, but the Indian bowlers managed to pull off the remarkable victory. The Pakistani coach promptly agreed to the question posed by Kirsten at the post-match news conference regarding whether his team had put themselves in a difficult situation. Given their expertise in T20 competitions around the world, Kirsten believed that his players ought to be able to judge when to advance the game.
“You are pretty much spot-on. These guys are all international players and they’re aware that when they’re not performing at their best that there’s going to be pressure put on them. That’s understandable, but a lot of these guys have played a lot of T20 cricket around the world over many, many years and it’s really up to them to decide how they’re going to take their games forward,” said Kirsten.
According to Kirsten, he told the hitters to hunt for the odd boundary and take advantage of the balls that are loose. After losing wickets, the Pakistani team’s coach believed that his team performed admirably for 15 overs but then stopped rotating strike and found themselves in a difficult situation.
“So, the message from all of us was to look for the odd boundary, try and capitalise on the loose balls and make sure that you can get as many ones as you can through the innings. And I thought we did that brilliantly for 15 overs. We kept it at a run a ball, and then we lost wickets and then we stopped scoring ones and then we were looking for boundaries and once you’ve got to that point it was always going to be hard. So, the message was to do what we executed for 15 overs,” said Kirsten.
With their aspirations for the Super 8s in jeopardy, Pakistan will next play Canada on Tuesday, June 11, in New York.