Karachi: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has rated his 196 within the second Test in opposition to Australia as “considered one of his finest innings” which has helped his team draw the game from a precarious position. Pakistan in pursuit of a huge target of 506, ended on 443 for 7 with hundreds from Babar and Mohammed Rizwan.
“I think credit goes to the team for having a lot of self belief in themselves and coming back strongly after batting poorly in the first innings. My innings is definitely one of my better ones and I am glad it helped us draw the match,” Babar mentioned within the submit match convention. He mentioned he all the time rated these of his innings very extremely which performed an enormous position in Pakistan profitable a match or saving it.
The high batter additionally admitted that he and Muhammad Rizwan had not given a lot thought to taking a shot at chasing down the entire and when wickets fell they performed for a draw. “In the second innings each one gave his one hundred pc as a result of we had self-belief in ourselves we may save the match. We determined to take it session by session and never assume an excessive amount of forward,” he mentioned.
Babar added that had he and Rizwan batted together a little longer they would have gone for a run chase but when he and Faheem Ashraf got out on successive balls the best option was to play for a draw. The Pakistan captain also didn’t accept criticism of the pitches used so far in the two tests in Rawalpindi and Karachi insisting they were the same for both teams.
“In Karachi, you usually get some reverse swing and the Australian bowlers got some on the third day and we contributed with some soft dismissals.” He famous that spinners had additionally bought some flip in Karachi and Test cricket was all the time powerful however the pitch was not simple to bat on as one needed to focus arduous and it was not simple for a brand new batsman coming in to bat.
Cummins pleased with group’s efficiency =========================
Australian captain, Pat Cummins mentioned he was pleased and pleased with the way in which his group had performed regardless of failing to win from an advantageous place.
“I believe earlier than we got here to Pakistan to the completely different situations right here we might have gladly taken a 0-0 line after two Tests. Yes, after coming so shut, it’s a missed alternative however we didn’t lose something,” he said at a post match conference. Cummins also said it was a combination of some costly missed chances by Australia and some fantastically good batting by Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique which led to a drawn Test.
“I think first of all it was a really good test and had we taken our catches the situation could have been different for us. But I am proud and happy at the way we played throughout this match,” he added. Cummins additionally mentioned that although the pitch helped the spinners a bit extra on the ultimate day nevertheless it didn’t break up and didn’t play as many tips as anticipated on the fourth and fifth days.
He additionally didn’t really feel even when Australia had enforced the follow-on after bowling out Pakistan for 148 runs in 53 overs, it could have made any distinction to the ultimate final result. “I believe the pitch was fairly good on the ultimate day and so they batted very well. We created extra possibilities and if we had taken a few catches it could have been a unique state of affairs however that is the way it goes in Test cricket,” he said.
Cummins put down Pakistan being bowled out for 53 overs in their first innings and then batting for 171.4 overs to save the match to reverse swing playing a big role in the second session on the third day when Pakistan was bowled out cheaply. “I think reverse swing bowling can be a real factor on the game especially, if you get a breakthrough and a get a new batter in things very quickly but I thought Babar, Rizwan, Shafique they batted fantastically last on last two days.” Cummins felt that he tried all the things that he may have.
“Honestly, I walked off the sector immediately with out feeling there was one thing we had not tried or some plan we had not given some probability,” he mentioned.
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