“Pakistan lost against the USA in T20 World Cup because of no unity”: Azhar Ali

Total 6’s by Pak in the game- 2

Rizwan 1, next one was by Fakhar (who is my 2nd fav Pak cricketer currently). Fakhar out for “13”

Total score 113, Rizwan 31- that is more than 25% of the score.

Next highest from Pak- 15 by Imad Wasim

Contribution with on-field advice to bowl out India for 120.

Yes that shot against Bumrah was stupid but it is what it is.

Why is Rizwan the main villian here?
You're shouting down a well.

The same people that solely blame Rizwan for the loss are the same ones dismissing blaming a bowler who gave away 18 in what was essentially a 1 over a side game.
 
Batting looks poor. Here are the batting stats after USA match for Pakistan


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Batting has always been a weak spot, but instead of addressing the real issues, some fans just look for someone else to blame in order to deflect criticism from their favorite batsmen. It’s easier to point fingers elsewhere than admit that the batting lineup has its own serious flaws.

so the bali da bakhra was amir and imad for t20 WC 24
 
Batting has always been a weak spot, but instead of addressing the real issues, some fans just look for someone else to blame in order to deflect criticism from their favorite batsmen. It’s easier to point fingers elsewhere than admit that the batting lineup has its own serious flaws.

so the bali da bakhra was amir and imad for t20 WC 24
No, the only reason they're getting the blame is because they sat on TV all year telling us the team is rubbish and needs match winners, mind you the team prior to them returning reached a WC semi final aswell as a WC final. Only for the 'match winners' to return and we get knocked out in the group stages to the USA.

You can't sit on TV giving it the big'un only for the team to get knocked out in the group stages when you return.

They reached the semis and a final in 2 different tournaments without you, surely they should have won the next tournament with 2 more match winners?
 
Batting has always been a weak spot, but instead of addressing the real issues, some fans just look for someone else to blame in order to deflect criticism from their favorite batsmen. It’s easier to point fingers elsewhere than admit that the batting lineup has its own serious flaws.

so the bali da bakhra was amir and imad for t20 WC 24

Why are people like Amir and Imad in the side?

Indian team threw out Kishen and Iyer for indiscipline, even Pandya lost captaincy for his behavior.

Not even getting into the low hanging fruit about Amir’s past but how come 2 players retire, sit on TV and criticize the team and
Management are just allowed back into the side and treated as saviors?

I am sorry you are barking at the wrong tree here and deflecting blame to other players especially performers just because they don’t look easy on the eyes while batting to your sensibilities.
 
Total 6’s by Pak in the game- 2

Rizwan 1, next one was by Fakhar (who is my 2nd fav Pak cricketer currently). Fakhar out for “13”

Total score 113, Rizwan 31- that is more than 25% of the score.

Next highest from Pak- 15 by Imad Wasim

Contribution with on-field advice to bowl out India for 120.

Yes that shot against Bumrah was stupid but it is what it is.

Why is Rizwan the main villian here?
I asked you a simple question, how many dots did Rizwan play?

Was the question too hard?
 
No, the only reason they're getting the blame is because they sat on TV all year telling us the team is rubbish and needs match winners, mind you the team prior to them returning reached a WC semi final aswell as a WC final. Only for the 'match winners' to return and we get knocked out in the group stages to the USA.

You can't sit on TV giving it the big'un only for the team to get knocked out in the group stages when you return.

They reached the semis and a final in 2 different tournaments without you, surely they should have won the next tournament with 2 more match winners?
I can accept that the hate is because they talked big on national TV (if they did) do have any clips to share? Or are you going by what you heard from other people on this forum


but going back to the match no way only them 2 were responsible. Now they are not in the team so you can't blame them for all the losses
 
Big difference.

Firstly Dhoni was a solid odi player. He was bang average in t20 and test and excluding delusional Indians with fake biopic and false information no one on the planet considers Dhoni a good t20 and test cricketer.

Dhoni has been good in IPL but ipl is an entertainment league, it's whatever.

In odi however he was a good batsmen with many wins and game finishes under his belt which is why he shares the title with Bevan as greatest finisher.

I don't believe he's > Bevan but he is more popular then Bevan due to Indian backing however again it's irrelevant since he's a solid odi player.

Lastly as a captain he maintained icc tournament dominace. He didn't reach the same level of dominance that pointing reached but Dhoni is a close 2nd and dis turn india's fortunes around.

Rizwan isn't even in bootlicking distance of Dhoni. Finishing a t20 world cup with a 90 SR is unforgivable.

I am not comparing Dhoni vs Rizwan.

Obviously you can’t compare Zaheer Khan vs Wasim Akram but individually you break down the contribution and impact they have to their respective teams you will see things differently.

I think Rizwan is least of Pak teams problems and dare I say the super glue that keeps things together.
 
Why are people like Amir and Imad in the side?

Indian team threw out Kishen and Iyer for indiscipline, even Pandya lost captaincy for his behavior.

Not even getting into the low hanging fruit about Amir’s past but how come 2 players retire, sit on TV and criticize the team and
Management are just allowed back into the side and treated as saviors?

I am sorry you are barking at the wrong tree here and deflecting blame to other players especially performers just because they don’t look easy on the eyes while batting to your sensibilities.
Show all of the evidence about them on talking about national team on tv and then we can take this discussion further
 
Bongiya na maar.

How many dots did Rizwan play against India?
You can find that on statsguru and won’t give you the full story. Cricket is beyond numbers. I can manipulate it to show Agarkar greater than Wasim too. Watch cricket on-field and then use numbers.
 
Anti - Rizwan brigade posters have no integrity at all. If Shaheen bowled the worst super over ever vs USA they would've solely blamed him. Atleast admit Amir lost us that match if you want to be taken seriously.

Nah, that’s bull, lol.

IF Shaheen had bowled that Super over, Anti - Amir fans would’ve blamed Rauf for his last over and Afridi for his dropped catch.

The Anti - Amir fans would’ve said exactly what I and many others are asking, “ why did it go to the super over”. But, because Amir spoke against their Messiah on TV, they’re all putting the blame on him for the loss.

Had Shaheen bowled that super over, the “anti-Rizwan” fans would’ve STILL questioned why it went to the super over.
 
You can find that on statsguru and won’t give you the full story. Cricket is beyond numbers. I can manipulate it to show Agarkar greater than Wasim too. Watch cricket on-field and then use numbers.
Just tell me how many dots did he play! Why is it so hard to answer this simple question for you??
 
I am not comparing Dhoni vs Rizwan.

Obviously you can’t compare Zaheer Khan vs Wasim Akram but individually you break down the contribution and impact they have to their respective teams you will see things differently.

I think Rizwan is least of Pak teams problems and dare I say the super glue that keeps things together.
Yes you can, Zaheer is an awful bowler and I have read very old PP posts where Indians compared zaheer to wasim 🤣🤣.

Infact they were still doing it until they found their new father bumrah.

That's why I don't take any bumrah argument from Indians seriously. Whoever they find, they amp up.

I think Rizwan is least of Pak teams problems and dare I say the super glue that keeps things together.

False, hes the least of PPakista's problems in test. In odi he is not the biggest problem. His no 4 spot is an issue however he isnt the biggest issue.

in t20 hes 100% the biggest problem since he botches opening. He and Agha are the 2 biggest thorns in the t20 unit.
 






A complete Netflix series can be made on this
 






A complete Netflix series can be made on this
There should be a Netflix series on Babar’s 40 off 40 against USA. That innings alone deserves a storyline
 
Pakistan turned to Mohammad Amir in the Super Over, but three wides and a string of overthrows helped USA rack up 18 runs, despite just one boundary coming off the bat of Aaron Jones.

From ICC
 
Pakistan turned to Mohammad Amir in the Super Over, but three wides and a string of overthrows helped USA rack up 18 runs, despite just one boundary coming off the bat of Aaron Jones.

From ICC
And then the world’s number one and two ranked T20i batsmen were hiding in the dug out.
 
Pakistan turned to Mohammad Amir in the Super Over, but three wides and a string of overthrows helped USA rack up 18 runs, despite just one boundary coming off the bat of Aaron Jones.

From ICC
It was a big humiliation and many posters are humiliating themselves daily by nonsensically defending Amir. Even the American don't defend the Israelis the way these guys are defending the worst super over of all time.
 
It was a big humiliation and many posters are humiliating themselves daily by nonsensically defending Amir. Even the American don't defend the Israelis the way these guys are defending the worst super over of all time.
Well, let’s see you defending this.

18 runs to win, where was Babar and Rizwan?
 
Well, let’s see you defending this.

18 runs to win, where was Babar and Rizwan?
You won't see me defending it.

I commented on it at the time that it was lack of leadership particularly when a wicket fell Babar should have fronted up and tried to get his team over the line.
 
Anti - Rizwan brigade posters have no integrity at all. If Shaheen bowled the worst super over ever vs USA they would've solely blamed him. Atleast admit Amir lost us that match if you want to be taken seriously.
The match should never have gone to the super over.
 
You won't see me defending it.

I commented on it at the time that it was lack of leadership particularly when a wicket fell Babar should have fronted up and tried to get his team over the line.
So which Amir fan do you see that isn’t saying Amir should have bowled a better over now that he has been trusted with the job? Why don’t you look closely at the people who are solely blaming a guy who did his job during the match and bowled at an economy of 6?
 
So which Amir fan do you see that isn’t saying Amir should have bowled a better over now that he has been trusted with the job? Why don’t you look closely at the people who are solely blaming a guy who did his job during the match and bowled at an economy of 6?

His job continued during the super over. We can't have random cut off times to suit people's bias.

For example you can say Haris did a good job until the final over.

@emranabbas has accused Shaheen of underperforming deliberately to defend Amir yet Shaheens runs were crucial with the bat.

We can't just pick and choose random points.

Unequivocally Amir lost us the match with his super over.
 
His job continued during the super over. We can't have random cut off times to suit people's bias.
No one is trying to paint the super over as fun shootout for Amir. But why you do seem to forget he’s a bowler at the end of the day? Do you think bowlers don’t want to run in and take 6 wickets off six balls? They can go for 6x6.

I don’t understand why the attitude towards bowlers failing is far more harsh here in comparison to the batters CONTINUOUSLY failing? Why is it that the serial defenders of the corrupt, false batting approach that is applied by Babar Azam and Rizwan are the ones who are solely blaming Amir for this loss? At least he ballsed up that day and bowled in a crucial juncture unlike those two cowards who were hiding without their pads on!

Did you see that lipstick clown laughing and smiling when Pakistan got decked by South Africa in the second Test match? Why was he not laughing or smiling during that super over when Fakhar and Iftikhar went to bat? Did you see his face? Acting khatam ho gayi thy?
 
No one is trying to paint the super over as fun shootout for Amir. But why you do seem to forget he’s a bowler at the end of the day? Do you think bowlers don’t want to run in and take 6 wickets off six balls? They can go for 6x6.

I don’t understand why the attitude towards bowlers failing is far more harsh here in comparison to the batters CONTINUOUSLY failing? Why is it that the serial defenders of the corrupt, false batting approach that is applied by Babar Azam and Rizwan are the ones who are solely blaming Amir for this loss? At least he ballsed up that day and bowled in a crucial juncture unlike those two cowards who were hiding without their pads on!

Did you see that lipstick clown laughing and smiling when Pakistan got decked by South Africa in the second Test match? Why was he not laughing or smiling during that super over when Fakhar and Iftikhar went to bat? Did you see his face? Acting khatam ho gayi thy?
Amir didn't want to take 6 wickets in 6 balls for sure. He bowled about 11.

Babar and Rizwan deserve criticism for their approach overall, but the main criticism for the USA loss belongs to Amir.

Babar got stripped off the captaincy after the WC debacle and you know I agree with you Rizwan doesn't deserve it either. But none of this absolves Amir from his blame.
 
but the main criticism for the USA loss belongs to Amir.
What! How??


-Babar’s insistence on opening and keeping Saim out
-Rizwan bouncing up and down to Natravalker
-Azam getting out for a Goldy
-Fakhar poor shot. How about he send a telegaram to the bowler that he’s about to play a ramp shot 3 sends before he releases the ball
-Shaheen struggling to bowl properly to IT technicians
-Rauf’s dumb ball with mid on in the circle

These are some of the failures during the match. Besides this, the USA embarrassment was something that had it coming for a long, long time. Pakistan should have learned it’s mistakes in its batting approach in 2022, but they stubbornly didn’t learn or didn’t want to change. It was a well deserved humiliation! You deserve this humiliation again and again for not learning from your clear mistakes.
 
His job continued during the super over. We can't have random cut off times to suit people's bias.

For example you can say Haris did a good job until the final over.
Last time I checked, cricket was a team game, so you can't place the blame on one person unless everyone else performed and only he fell short.



@emranabbas has accused Shaheen of underperforming deliberately to defend Amir yet Shaheens runs were crucial with the bat.

We can't just pick and choose random points.

Unequivocally Amir lost us the match with his super over.


Shaheen was the weakest bowler in the line-up, and he dropped a crucial catch.

How can Rizwan’s 8 off 9 balls be justified? What about Usman’s 3 off 3, Fakhar’s 11 off 7, or Azam Khan’s duck? All of this led to a super over, which Amir failed to defend.
 
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What! How??


-Babar’s insistence on opening and keeping Saim out
-Rizwan bouncing up and down to Natravalker
-Azam getting out for a Goldy
-Fakhar poor shot. How about he send a telegaram to the bowler that he’s about to play a ramp shot 3 sends before he releases the ball
-Shaheen struggling to bowl properly to IT technicians
-Rauf’s dumb ball with mid on in the circle

These are some of the failures during the match. Besides this, the USA embarrassment was something that had it coming for a long, long time. Pakistan should have learned it’s mistakes in its batting approach in 2022, but they stubbornly didn’t learn or didn’t want to change. It was a well deserved humiliation! You deserve this humiliation again and again for not learning from your clear mistakes.
Despite all of these happening the match was a draw.

Amir took it from draw to a loss by choking under pressure.
 
Last time I checked, cricket was a team game, so you can't place the blame on one person unless everyone else performed and only he fell short.






Shaheen was the weakest bowler in the line-up, and he dropped a crucial catch.

How can Rizwan’s 8 off 9 balls be justified? What about Usman’s 3 off 3, Fakhar’s 11 off 7, or Azam Khan’s duck? All of this led to a super over, which Amir failed to defend.
You can probably say he wasn't solely to blame as other players did poorly but it's clear he was mainly to blame for the loss.
 
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Despite all of these happening the match was a draw.

Amir took it from draw to a loss by choking under pressure.
He’s an easy scapegoat now isn’t he? What about the 2 years of continuous repetition of the mistakes I mentioned in the build up to this!

Come to think of it. I am starting to despise USA for not putting this Pakistan side out of its misery a lot earlier by just chasing that below part total by the 18th/19th over! All it’s done is given the same fans who defended the rubbish approach to now look for a scapegoat in Amir!
 
You can probably say he wasn't solely to blame as other players did poorly but it's clear he was mainly to blame for the loss.
Thank you very much 👍🏼

So stop blaming Amir alone as if we had the game in the bag and he came along and ruined a game that was already won
 
Thank you very much 👍🏼

So stop blaming Amir alone as if we had the game in the bag and he came along and ruined a game that was already won
Yes they are making it sound like Amir was given an over where USA needed a rr of 15+ and Amir got smashed for 30 to allow them back in the game.
 
Correction - He ruined a game that was drawn.
We warned your mate @daytrader that the you have fo be ready for the inevitability of a super over. A team can smash 20+ in a super over! It’s 3 lusty hits for 6 and you are staring down this as a reality.

We even asked him if RizBar opening the batting in powerplays is a correct play? We tried to explain to him the purpose of a powerplay, to maximise every one of those 36 balls with 2 fielders outside of the ring. We tried our best to explain to him that Babar and Rizwan are not equipped to deal with this role, they cannot strike the ball like modern strikers do! We asked him whether he thought RizBar can come out and chase 20 in an over of the super over having a balls-to-six ratio of 50 balls (Babar) and 35 balls (Rizwan). Whereas the worlds top strikers opening the innings are hitting 6s at less than a rate of 15 balls per six (maybe even less, but substantially less than RizBar frauds),

His response shocked us to the core when he said Babar is capable of hitting 6x4 if it ever came to it, so it’s fine.

That’s ok, now enjoy this humiliation!
 
He’s an easy scapegoat now isn’t he? What about the 2 years of continuous repetition of the mistakes I mentioned in the build up to this!

Come to think of it. I am starting to despise USA for not putting this Pakistan side out of its misery a lot earlier by just chasing that below part total by the 18th/19th over! All it’s done is given the same fans who defended the rubbish approach to now look for a scapegoat in Amir!
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He’s an easy scapegoat now isn’t he? What about the 2 years of continuous repetition of the mistakes I mentioned in the build up to this!

Come to think of it. I am starting to despise USA for not putting this Pakistan side out of its misery a lot earlier by just chasing that below part total by the 18th/19th over! All it’s done is given the same fans who defended the rubbish approach to now look for a scapegoat in Amir!
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We warned your mate @daytrader that the you have fo be ready for the inevitability of a super over. A team can smash 20+ in a super over! It’s 3 lusty hits for 6 and you are staring down this as a reality.

We even asked him if RizBar opening the batting in powerplays is a correct play? We tried to explain to him the purpose of a powerplay, to maximise every one of those 36 balls with 2 fielders outside of the ring. We tried our best to explain to him that Babar and Rizwan are not equipped to deal with this role, they cannot strike the ball like modern strikers do! We asked him whether he thought RizBar can come out and chase 20 in an over of the super over having a balls-to-six ratio of 50 balls (Babar) and 35 balls (Rizwan). Whereas the worlds top strikers opening the innings are hitting 6s at less than a rate of 15 balls per six (maybe even less, but substantially less than RizBar frauds),

His response shocked us to the core when he said Babar is capable of hitting 6x4 if it ever came to it, so it’s fine.

That’s ok, now enjoy this humiliation!
Seems like you spent a lot of time explaining the intricacies of batting in the superover to @daytrader.

Someone explaining the intricacies of bowling a super over in a similar level of detail may have helped Amir.
 
Someone explaining the intricacies of bowling a super over in a similar level of detail may have helped Amir.
Given the ball in hand when it should have been given to Naseem….well it’s fair because he is the most experienced T20 bowler out of this lot,

His plan was to bowl wide outside of off making it hard for the batters to reach. It didn’t come off. Plus Rizwan who is usually very sharp behind the stumps was having a shocker with the fumbles while allowed them to run through.

I’m not making excuses for him, his plan didn’t pay off. Pakistan knew the plan and the field was set according to it.


What was the batters plan to chase the possibility of 20+? Was it to send Babar to go up and hit 5x4 or 6x4 depending on the total?
 
“According to Babar fans, there was no unity in 2023 WC and players were lobbying against him, so then why did he take the captaincy again for 2024 which would only make things worse in terms of unity, either he is dumb or you guys are dumb.”

I think both are dumb.

@Kianig89
 
He’s an easy scapegoat now isn’t he? What about the 2 years of continuous repetition of the mistakes I mentioned in the build up to this!

Come to think of it. I am starting to despise USA for not putting this Pakistan side out of its misery a lot earlier by just chasing that below part total by the 18th/19th over! All it’s done is given the same fans who defended the rubbish approach to now look for a scapegoat in Amir!
They were going to. They bossed Pakistan for 90% of the game but for some reason choked and ate up dot balls for no reasonndespite having wickets in hand.
 
They were going to. They bossed Pakistan for 90% of the game but for some reason choked and ate up dot balls for no reasonndespite having wickets in hand.
All they did was give these clowns an opportunity to gloss over the crap approach Pakistan were preparing with having RizBar as openers or maybe one dropping to number 3, but both laanats playing in top 3.

InshaAllah they get smashed in the next T20 World Cup and Asia cup too with this flawed approach. Loser cricket nation!
 
Also what's the argument here? Azhar Ali is saying we lost to usa cause we had no unity which i agree with?

Is the argument that we had no unity because of Amir and imad 🤣🤣.

Oh bhai we had no unity because

A) your captain selfishly took back captaincy for no reason deapite being a circus clown at it.

B) your 2 openers want to open and push everyone down knowing full well that they aren't suited to opening and just don't know how to bat.

C) your squad selection is a joke, 3 wicket keepers in one squad lol

D) You took a debutant with very little experience to a world cup( Usman Khan)

E) You were too scared to walk out and face a super over so you decided to send in chavha and fakhar, the last time these 2 were sent Pakistan scored a 2 againat Zimbabwe lol.

F) You didn't understand the match game, Naseem was your best bowler that day but he disnt bowl the super over?

G) Your field placements were horrid.

H) Amir bowled a poor super over but he had no fielders to back him. 6 extra runs were given courtesy of 3 doubles being taken solely due to poor fielding. Lots of people ignore this fact and solely focus on the 3 wides yet 6 extra runs were conceded on said wides + Poor fielding in long off.

I) too many passengers in the side, Azam, Shadab, Chacha etc.
 
So its basically because of chopping and changing of the PCB chairmen. As Naqvi was the one who brought back these two + brought back Babar as captain.
 
B) your 2 openers want to open and push everyone down knowing full well that they aren't suited to opening and just don't know how to bat.
Bro I recently watched a podcast between 2 senior journalists, they are very much ITK.

They didn’t name people but one of them said that one Pakistan player famously said during the India match that “Babar and Rizwan have clearly destroyed their own career insisting to open, but they also destroyed our career’s too in the process”. You get the sense in the interview that they are talking about Fakhar Zaman who said this.

It’s the same interview where Rizwan’s PR journo stupidly said that “Pant’s sr should naturally be higher than Rizwan’s because he bats in the death overs”.

I can’t share the Vlog here because it’s journalists and not cricketers discussing. But I can share it so no one claims I am making up things!
 
We warned your mate @daytrader that the you have fo be ready for the inevitability of a super over. A team can smash 20+ in a super over! It’s 3 lusty hits for 6 and you are staring down this as a reality.

We even asked him if RizBar opening the batting in powerplays is a correct play? We tried to explain to him the purpose of a powerplay, to maximise every one of those 36 balls with 2 fielders outside of the ring. We tried our best to explain to him that Babar and Rizwan are not equipped to deal with this role, they cannot strike the ball like modern strikers do! We asked him whether he thought RizBar can come out and chase 20 in an over of the super over having a balls-to-six ratio of 50 balls (Babar) and 35 balls (Rizwan). Whereas the worlds top strikers opening the innings are hitting 6s at less than a rate of 15 balls per six (maybe even less, but substantially less than RizBar frauds),

His response shocked us to the core when he said Babar is capable of hitting 6x4 if it ever came to it, so it’s fine.

That’s ok, now enjoy this humiliation!

Mate let's not make up fairytales. This is not how the conversation went. If you can lie like this through your teeth about me, with me being here, then no doubt you're not sincere about your criticism of RizBar. You're a senior poster and can do better.

The chain of events was like this:

I was the one who started the super over talk by asking you your opinion on who we should send to bat if it came to that. As historically we haven't done great in it.

I proposed Babar - you didn't spur up any names and instead started criticizing saying he can't hit sixes and super overs are for hitting sixes. Then I pointed out that we haven't hit a single six in super overs ever!
You had no response to this and all you wanted to do was criticize me name dropping Babar.

It's not humiliation on my part, just further exposes your agenda that you don't want to talk cricket, you just want hurl unjust criticisms against RizBar.
 
In hin
He’s an easy scapegoat now isn’t he? What about the 2 years of continuous repetition of the mistakes I mentioned in the build up to this!

Come to think of it. I am starting to despise USA for not putting this Pakistan side out of its misery a lot earlier by just chasing that below part total by the 18th/19th over! All it’s done is given the same fans who defended the rubbish approach to now look for a scapegoat in Amir!
Seems like you spent a lot of time explaining the intricacies of batting in the superover to @daytrader.

Someone explaining the intricacies of bowling a super over in a similar level of detail may have helped Amir.
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Bro this gang didn't even know that Super Over only has 2 wickets. They were like 6W6W6W is good enough in the super over. Not knowing that the super over ends after 2 wickets. So called experts will explain cricket intricacies... my foot
 
if a powerhouse like England can lose to Netherland in a T20 match, then any team can beat any team in a T20 match. USA were better on that day and won. End of story.

If it was only down to unity then Pakistan would have won zero matches in the 90s.

Not sure why some people cant get over the USA game. Move on.
 
if a powerhouse like England can lose to Netherland in a T20 match, then any team can beat any team in a T20 match. USA were better on that day and won. End of story.

If it was only down to unity then Pakistan would have won zero matches in the 90s.

Not sure why some people cant get over the USA game. Move on.
You can't blame 1 person for the whole games people need to get over that.
 
From Imam's interview, the team was falling apart after that infamous reserve day loss vs India and the ensuing horrific ODI WC. Not only was the play on the field going on poorly but there was complete calamity going on back at home with mad men like Amir & Imad talking nonsense, Babar's leaked message etc.

After the ODI WC was done, the team simply kept losing whether that was Tests, T20's etc and then you had the whole removing Babar from captaincy in an ugly manner, made Shaheen captain only to literally be stripped of it after one series.

I am not sure why unity would expected on the team when PCB management and chairman themselves did nothing but try to destroy the unity with all their antics and brought back players who did nothing other than trash the players on the squad. Those same players then took turns finding epic ways to help Pakistan lose the match. Who can forget Amir bowling countless amount of wides to the fearsome USA batsmen or Imad playing it so casually like he is in a domestic match vs India.

I also think we tend to paper over a team's lack of talent & ability with things like being unified, working hard etc. That was a garbage T20 squad and Pakistan in T20's have still continued to perform horribly with nearly no meaningful win against a good team in T20's in couple of years if you really think about it.
 
Unity is one thing out of many other factors. Everyone's role was defined and when that person did not do his job then the problem rises. Like babar and riz opening and doing nothing for the team, Imad's pathetic batting. Amir's pathetic super over. Iffi and fakhar (who should have faced instead of chacha) batting like tail enders in super over.

These are some of the factors that resulted in that defeat
 
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