4 min learnUp to date: Feb 25, 2026 02:00 PM IST
Pakistan’s passage to the semi-finals of the continued T20 World Cup appears unlikely after their two-wicket loss towards England of their Group 2 Tremendous 8 encounter at Pallekele on Tuesday evening. Throughout the earlier version of the T20 World Cup in 2024, Pakistan had didn’t get previous the group stage, the place they misplaced towards the USA and India earlier than profitable towards Canada and Eire. Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir, who was a part of the 2024 T20 World Cup Pakistan workforce, has now revealed how some gamers in that 2024 Pakistan workforce, led by Babar Azam, have been nonetheless laughing simply an hour of the loss towards USA and behaved as if ‘nothing has occurred’.
“Those that really feel they can not sleep for the entire evening. I used to be very damage. Publish the USA loss, there have been gamers who have been indulging in laughter. Our flight was one hour later after the match and there have been 2-3 gamers within the workforce who would bask in laughter. Like nothing has occurred. Many boys, I don’t need to title them, have taken cricket as a right. However cricket is such a recreation, if one doesn’t take it as a right, it is going to maintain supplying you with respect. In any other case it is going to kick you,” Amir mentioned on the how Haarna Mana hai.
Pakistan had begun their T20 World Cup marketing campaign within the ongoing marquee occasion with a three-wicket win towards Netherlands. The win had include the Salman Ali Agha-led facet chasing a goal of 147 runs and shedding seven wickets earlier than the win.
Pakistan then received by 32 runs towards USA earlier than they misplaced to arch rivals India at Colombo by 61 runs. The workforce then scored a win towards Namibia by 102 runs to enter the Tremendous 8. With their first Tremendous 8 match towards New Zealand being washed out resulting from rains, Pakistan confronted England on Tuesday.
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Batting first, Pakistan posted a complete of 164 for 9 earlier than Harry Brook’s century guided England to the win. England have been 154 for five at one level with the workforce needing 10 runs in three overs. England then misplaced the wickets of Brook, Will Jacks and Jamie Overton within the subsequent 11 balls earlier than Jofra Archer took the workforce house with a boundary off Salman Mirza with 5 balls remaining.
Amir additionally spoke about how good groups have thrashed Pakistan because the final 4-5 years and the way the core of Pakistan workforce maintain getting probabilities regardless of not performing. “Pichle 4-5 saal se chapade hello lag rahi hain (Final 4-5 years, we’ve got been repeatedly thrashed). No matter workforce comes, defeat us. And with ease. Right this moment, we felt for a while that we might win. In any other case over the past event until this, we didn’t have any hope that Pakistan would win. I believe there have been numerous probabilities given to the 4-5 gamers, who kind your core. We now have been speaking because the final 4-5 years that they’ve sufficient probabilities. And so they nonetheless haven’t delivered,” added Amir.
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Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha spoke about how Harry Brook’s knock was the distinction within the match. “We began properly with the bat however couldn’t end the way in which we wished to. However some days you must give credit score to different batters. I believe Harry (Brook) batted brilliantly. Our rating was a bit brief. After which Brook took the sport away from us. We threw the whole lot at him,” Agha mentioned publish the match.