PAK vs BAN: "Losing Two Games Was Not Easy, But After That I Think The Team Has Responded Well In Doing Whatever They Can Control" - Pakistan Batter Shan Masood
Published - 05 Nov 2022, 04:04 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:14 AM
Pakistan will take on Bangladesh in their final Super 12 match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on Sunday, November 6. Pakistan batsman Shan Masood has stated that the middle order is not a concern and that the team has improved significantly in the marquee event.
Pakistan will have an early exit from the multinational tournament if South Africa beat the Netherlands and India beat Zimbabwe in their final Super 12 Group 2 matches on Sunday. Between these two matches, Pakistan will play a match against Bangladesh.
Middle Order Really Stepped Up And Produced Their A-game – Shan Masood
Pakistan have achieved success when their top-order batsmen, Mohammad Rizwan, skipper Babar Azam, and Shan Masood, have made runs. Masood stated that the middle order has been “stepping up” and bringing their “A-game.”
“I don’t think specifically (there is a problem with the middle order) because, again, you’ll have to look at situations. I think in this tournament it has been different. It has been a case where, especially if you look at the last game (against South Africa), we were 40 for 4. That’s when the middle order really stepped up and produced their A-game. Against India we got a decent score on the board. 160 was I think a good score, above par score at the MCG,” said Masood.
You Play For Pride, You Play For Your Country – Shan Masood
Looking ahead to the game against Bangladesh on Sunday, where a win does not guarantee Pakistan a place in the semi-finals and they need India or South Africa to lose, Masood stated the team will do everything they can to handle the situation.
“What’s important is what we have realised through some harsh lessons that we can only do what’s in our control. Losing two games (India and Zimbabwe) was not easy, but after that I think the team has responded well in doing whatever they can control, whatever we can control. So we’re just going to control our performances. We’re going to control the first 20 overs first. And then once the break is done, we’ll analyse again and we will see where we are. Then we’ll try and control the next 20 overs. Whether it’s with the bat or ball, again, it’s not within our control.”
“You play for pride. You play for yourself. You play for your country. We don’t need to look at other things. We just need to look at ourselves. We need to produce our best performances, and we’re going to try and make up for whatever we didn’t achieve before,” he added.
