Amir slams Pakistan “scared batting approach”
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Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has slammed the batting approach of the side and said the openers for not batting with more authority in their upcoming match against the Netherlands.
Pakistan have lost two matches in the ongoing T20 World Cup, to India and Zimbabwe which put clouds over their qualification to the Semi-final stage. Amir criticised the tactics of the side and their inability to bat aggressively.
“If it’s a 20-over match and you are chasing 90 with ten wickets in hand and you know there is an issue regarding the [net] run rate. You played Fakhar, no one expected him to play at three. When you are chasing 90, and you are playing fearless cricket, then you don’t have this approach, simple as that, according to me,” said Amir.
“As a captain, you must think that you will chase 90 runs in nine or ten overs… Shan is scoring runs, you send him down to four. A player [Fakhar Zaman] returning from injury comes out at three. Fakhar was an opener but because of two openers [Rizwan and Babar], he started batting at three. Shan was an opener, he batted at three, but because of Fakhar, he is at four now. So you have sacrificed a player who is scoring runs [Masood] and an opener [Fakhar] – one is batting at three, and one at four – then why can’t one of the two openers sacrifice their place for quick runs?”
The former fast bowler also attacked Rizwan and Babar for their inability to score quickly, which he said hints at a “scared batting approach”.
“You could have given Fakhar the license to open and there was nothing to lose. We have to chase it down in nine or ten overs. If Fakhar and Shan can sacrifice their place, why can’t the captain and Rizwan sacrifice their spots when the team needs it to improve the [net] run rate? Winning against Holland is not a big deal, but if you had chased this in nine or ten overs, it would have suggested that the team needed to improve the run rate. What I saw was a scared batting approach,” he added.
