Wasim Akram:
"I like this T20 type of pitch. I enjoyed watching bowlers bowl bouncers and getting wickets, both sides. It was a good cricketing game that went down to the wire till the last over. Babar made one mistake. He should have had Nawaz bowl the 13th or 14th over. It was too late. You can't have a spinner in T20s bowling in the last 3 to 4 overs, especially against the likes of Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya"
What a dumb thing to say. Nawaz bowling 4th over in a row and Jadeja was sent in specifically to nullify the spinners. It would have been incredibly risky.
Either way, almost no bowler in the world is defending 7 runs with 6 balls left & 6 wickets in hand. Pakistan's best bet was running out the fast bowlers like he did to contain runs and hope to take some wickets and leave something defendable for Nawaz. Rauf gave up like 15 runs the over prior and that was the game. If he gives up 10 runs, then 12 runs is defendable.
Can blame Babar for the over-rate penalty but then again, India also had the same issue and Pakistan bowlers as well as the wicket keeper were all experiencing cramps. Tough conditions for these players to be playing in.
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. That is one of the worst advice to give.