Pakistan’s red-ball captain Shan Masood has almost dashed his hopes after refusing to step down from the captaincy despite a humiliating whitewash against Bangladesh. to qualify WTC Final.
Bangladesh has won brilliantly Pakistan. After winning two consecutive matches, the home team has established dominance with the bat and especially with the ball. Liton Das And Mushfiqur Rahim performed well with the bat in the second match.
Mushfiqur was also named player of the series for his significant contribution throughout the series. Bangladeshi fast bowlers and spinners Mehndi Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam to pass Pakistani batsmen were not allowed to settle down across All four innings of two matches.
Shan Masood has refused to step down from pakistan test captain
Shan Masood Has refused to leave the captaincy of Pakistan Test team. He was retained Despite the PCB announcing several changes in captaincy as captain of the Test team, they also removed Mohammad Rizwan from the ODI captaincy due to poor form.
Shan Masood has also confirmed this do a lot mistakes and Too Claim of scoring so many runs in the fourth innings of sport. He blamed his batsmen for his poor form and pointed to several missed chances after being hit with the ball.
He refused to give up the captaincy Is claimed so HeAs captain, is tried his best Outside on the field, and the rest PCB’s decision.
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“You will be punished for any mistake“- Shan Masood
“Many mistakes. When you score 360 runs in the fourth innings of a game a kind of Expect it to be on the right side. But I think in the last three innings, we had a lot to consider and there were things that brought us back into the game and made the target look really big.” Shan Masood said after losing the second test to Bangladesh.
“Look, I think again, especially when they were 116 for 6; A lot of runs were scored on the last four wickets. We missed chances, and from there, even in batting, when our score was 142 for 4, and there were two sets batsmen in, in test cricket, You have to go big.
“So there are a few things that we did in the first three innings; he is Why work hard on the fourth and fifth days? was not actually turn into victory,” The Pakistani captain added.
Shan Masood says mistakes can be made against any team in Test cricket lead to punishment. He said, “Look, I think in test cricket you are doing You will be punished for any mistake you make. Its Unforgiving, and Test cricket is always played by the best players. You There aren’t going to be any easy games, and you have to really get results. I think he is What we need to do as a side.“
Bangladesh has leapfrogged India in the WTC points table
bangladesh The Indian team made a huge jump to emerge as the fifth team in the WTC points table. Bangladesh’s PCT is now 58.33 after winning two consecutive matches they have won two matches and tied it One while playing Lose one.
Pakistan has slipped eighth Post In the points table of nine teamsAs they now have to face Three defeats in their campaign. it has reduced its PCT to only 8.33, and so, They don’t do this to pass many Chances of making a comeback To do this Top 2.
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