“We have to sum up the situation before each game we play”, he wrote in a column for Fox Sports.
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New Zealand players celebrate win over Pakistan in the ICC World T20 match in Mohali on Tuesday. Pakistan will have to leave everything behind which has happened so far in this tournament and they will have to try their best to win this match because this is their last match in this stage of the tournament. Australia is fourth on the table with one win and one loss in the two matches played by them.
Glenn Maxwell believes holding the World Cup will hold Australia in good stead as the pressure rises at the World Twenty20.
“It seems you have a bit of fan following here in Mohali”, Raja remarked after Afridi lost the toss in the match against New Zealand. Aussie opener Usman Khwaja (58) and spin bowler Adam Zampa (3/23) guided their side to a three-wicket win against the Bangladeshi tigers.
Both teams have to win today to be in the last-four round of the event and Shahid Afridi and co’s campaign might just end if they are not able to slay the cricketing giants from Down Under.
Shehzad cracked with a pull off Santner straight to Guptill again at deep midwicket and after Afridi escaped a sharp caught-behind chance first ball off the slow left-armer, the Pakistan captain was instead well-held by Anderson on the long-off boundary off leg-spinner Sodhi. If Pakistan beats Australia, it will be a contest between India and Australia where the net run-rate will become a crucial factor.
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi bats during the World T20 match against New Zealand at the Punjab Cri …
Pakistans reply started well as Sharjeel Khan sprinted to 47 but despite 30 from opening partner Ahmed Shehzad, they were unable to maintain their momentum.
Pakistan can make it to the semi-finals if the men in green beat Australia on Friday and India lose against Australia.
Milne also kept the batsmen on a tight leash with figures of 2-26 as Pakistan could only manage 158-5 in their 20 overs. You can cry all you want, you can talk all you want, we are just not good enough.
“Easily we could have scored more than six but we didn’t”, Afridi insisted.
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“Maybe I will play my last game of the career [against Australia] and we should focus on it”.
