The poor form of the bowlers raised alarm bells

Karachi: Ahead of the T20 World Cup, the poor form of the bowlers raised alarm bells for the green shirts.

In the first series against Ireland, no one had any illusions that the Pakistan team would be seen struggling. Ireland created a panic by winning the first match of the series, which is considered important to finalize the preparations for the T20 World Cup. This short format It proved to be the team’s first success against the Green Shirts.

Pakistan leveled the series with success in the second match, now the third and decisive match will be held in Dublin on Tuesday. The guest bowling line did not perform as expected in both matches. A seemingly large target has been crossed.

Shadab Khan was dropped for the second match after conceding 54 runs, but still the bowling attack scored 193 runs, Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets but gave 49 runs, Mohammad who joined the squad late due to visa issues Aamir was given the first match but had to endure a 44-run beating, Naseem Shah’s performance is not consistent, Abbas Afridi is not in full rhythm, other bowlers are also not meeting the expectations, which has worried the team management before the World Cup. Hunted.

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In the second match, Pakistan’s batting line managed to control the situation after initially wavering, but it also included the kindness of the host fielders. Will be under pressure.

It is a good thing that Muhammad Rizwan recovered his form in the second after failing in only one match on his comeback, he won the man of the match award by scoring an unbeaten 75 runs, Fakhrzaman also played an innings of 78 with the bat. The good omen for the team is that Azam Khan did not let the situation go out of control while playing the role of a power hitter, he scored 30 runs not out with the help of 4 sixes and a four in just 10 balls.

Iftikhar Ahmed and Imad Wasim in the team can also take sixes from the opponent’s bowling if needed, but the fielding will need improvement.

Meanwhile, Pakistani batsman Fakhr Zaman says that despite losing 2 wickets early in the second match, our plan was to counter-attack. All the pressure was off us, we were determined to get the target before the 18th over, we want to keep the momentum going till the World Cup.