Pakistan cricket team defeated Bangladesh by 7-wicket in the final group game of the tri-series on Thursday. The Babar Azam-led side chased down a 174-run target in Christchurch, with Mohammad Rizwan playing a stunning knock of 69 runs. Apart from Rizwan, Mohammad Nawaz emerged out as a much-needed boost for Pakistan as he also played an unbeaten knock of 45 off merely 20 deliveries to steer the side to victory.
It was a major boost for the side, considering that they have been struggling with consistency for the past few weeks. Pakistan lost the final of the Asia Cup to Sri Lanka and then conceded a 3-4 T20I series loss to England at home. In fact, in the ongoing series as well, Pakistan had conceded a defeat to New Zealand earlier. As a result, a number of experts and cricketers questioned Babar Azam’s captaincy.
Now after registering a stunning win against Bangladesh, Pakistan will now be playing against New Zealand in the final of the Tri-Series and ahead of that, Babar Azam gave a savage reply to one of the questions asked to him about the criticism.
During the presser, Babar was asked about the criticism he had faced and the 27-year-old responded in a savage way. He said that he wasn’t aware of the journalist or the criticism. He also went on to signify the importance of taking those kinds of things lightly and felt it is bound to happen even when the team performs well. He said: “I don’t know aap kiski baat kar rahe hain. Jiska naam liya hai main unko jaanta bhi nahi. Ye cheezein chalti hain, achha bhi karte hain toh bhi chalti hai. But ham log bother nahi karte, koshish karte hain ki jitna confidence team ko diya jaaye, aur jitna unity bani hui hai usko chalaate rahein (I don’t know who you are talking about. These things happen, even when we perform well, it happens. But we don’t bother, we just try to keep team’s confidence and unity intact),”
He added: “Koshish ye hi rehti hai ki ham apna 100 percent de aur jeetein. Kabhi kabhi ham to the mark nahi hote, par ham discussion karte hain aur sochte hain ki kahan ham achha kar sakte hain. (We try to give our 100 percent and win. Sometimes, we are not up to the mark, but we discuss and plan about things where we can improve),”
