Pakistan gamers react following their loss to India of their T20 World Cup cricket match in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Picture/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
Pakistan’s last-ball defeat to India on Sunday of their opening match of the T20 World Cup could nicely have elevated the strain on their contrarian T20 technique, within the absence of a real seam-bowling all-rounder.
In a format the place most prime sides have come to depend on their batting heavyweights outgunning the opposition – India have nearly been compelled to undertake a extra aggressive batting strategy after their 2021 T20 World Cup debacle – Pakistan nonetheless swear by scoring nearly par and trusting their high-quality bowling assault to defend it, recreation after recreation.