The Babar Azam-led Peshawar Zalmi confronted a six-wicket defeat in opposition to Islamabad United of their earlier Pakistan Super League match on Thursday. Asked to bat first, the Zalmi posted a complete of 156/8 in 20 overs the place their skipper top-scoring with a 75 off 58 balls. Later, the United made the mockery of the goal as they chased it down in simply 14.5 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashed 62 off 31 balls Rassie van der Dussen scored 42 off 29 balls because the United claimed a six-wicket win.
Despite enjoying a good knock for his aspect, skipper Babar confronted numerous criticism about his low strike fee. However, when he was requested about the identical in the course of the post-match press convention, the Pakistan skipper gave a hilarious reply to the reporter.
“Aur kitna accha [strike rate] chahiye aapko? 300 kar lein? Koshish hai (How much better you want? Why not 300? I am trying to reach there as well),” Babar mentioned.
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The journalist went to elucidate himself and acknowledged that Babar is constant along with his runs however can enhance on his strike fee. To which Babar replied, “Baatein toh jab strike rate accha bhi tab bhi hoti hain, iss cheez ka farak nahi padta. Pehle 10 over mera strike rate almost 160 tha, lekin jab 6 out ho gaye hain, toh aap wahaan pe koshish nahi karenge ki 200 pe jaun main. Koshish karunga ki wahan pe partnership build karun. Aaj ki innings mein mera yahi plan tha. (People talk when I bat at a good strike rate as well, so that doesn’t bother me. In first 10 overs, I was striking at 160 and when we were 6 down, there you don’t focus on increasing your strike rate, rather I would build a partnership then and that was my plan in today’s innings.)”
“When you build a certain momentum, you try to carry it for long unless it gets broken by a wicket or two, or when you are not able to hit. Then my plan was to build a partnership after the 10-over mark because I told Shanaka that we’ll play normally till 15 overs and then take the charge. Then we lost back-to-back wickets and in that process, the SR is bound to come down and it was still 150,” he added.
This was the second defeat for Peshawar Zalmi within the ongoing season of the PSL. They will now be going up in opposition to Lahore Qalandars of their subsequent conflict on Sunday.
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