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The Pakistan cricket team has come under fire in the past week for their upsets in the Asia Cup, where they lost to Sri Lanka in the final despite being the favourites, and also because their T20 World Cup squad was not announced. Veteran cricketers and experts have questioned the team’s ability to overtake the group stage at the mega event in Australia, but Pakistan’s chief selector Muhammad Wasim has tried to silence the critics by referencing the Indian cricket team. .
Pakistan had lost to India in their Asia Cup opening match in Dubai last month, but in the Super 4 stage, the Pakistan team retaliated to beat India, hampering the Indian team’s race to reach the final. The Indian team was hoping to win the trophy for the eighth time, but India lost first to Pakistan and then to Sri Lanka and the team was out of the race for the final. However, in the last match, the Indian team defeated the Afghanistan team badly.
Talking to the press after announcing Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad, Pakistan team chief selector Muhammad Wasim reminded critics that the team had defeated India not only in the 2021 T20 World Cup, but also in the Asia Cup. Which means the most to the team. He said, “India is a multi-billion dollar team, but we showed last year as well in this year’s Asia Cup that this (Pakistan) team is capable of winning and I am sure they will give happiness to the fans in the World Cup.” will continue.”
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He further said, “I think you also need to focus on the positives that we played the semi-finals of the last T20 World Cup and the final of the Asia Cup. So it is not fair to drop the team completely on the basis of some poor performances. Will happen.” Pakistan will begin their campaign on their soil in a T20 International against England next week before heading to New Zealand for the tri-series.
