Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Sarfaraz Ahmed after the whitewash by SL:
"We recovered well with the bowling, we had a decent start with the bat with wickets in hand but in the middle, we needed another good partnership"
"The way the pitch was playing, we knew 8-9+ an over won't be easy so we lost wickets and the match"
"We didn't express ourselves in this series, we took pressure and had lapses in all facets, we didn't perform well"
"We brought some players in this series, we had Shoaib bhai at 5 and Hafeez bhai at 3 before with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali amongst the bowlers but we wanted to try some players before the Australia tour"
"We need to improve in all facets. If we keep dropping catches like this in the middle overs, we won't be able to beat any team"
"I want to thank the crowd and the SL team for coming and for playing excellent cricket"
"We didn't play good cricket in any facet"
"We saw quite a few things, it's an eye opener for everyone, we know which things we have to work on. Congrats to the SL team, they played better cricket than us"
"When the team isn't performing then the captain is responsible"
"The required rate was 8.5, we thought there is a set batsman there so I'll go and bat there but unfortunately Haris got out after 2 overs. The message to Haris was for us to bat together for 2-3 overs more and take it closer because we had players who could maintain 9-10 runs per over but unfortunately he got out. The decision was that I would go out there and rotate strike and Haris will stay with me but he got out"
"When your team doesn't perform and you don't perform obviously there is some pressure on you but I think in this series after speaking to Misbah bhai, he told me not to take pressure and to play freely. When the team loses then the management is of course responsible, but as I have said before they do their best and ultimately it's up to the players and the captain to deliver. The management has no role to play in that, whether it's the World Cup or this series"
"We didn't play well at all in this series and a young team showed us how to play. The cricket they were playing, this is the cricket we were playing in the last 30 games"
"As a team and as a captain, we didn't play like we should have. The management did their best. The players are the same ones who have been playing before and will keep playing and maybe some players will make comebacks in future but as a team we didn't play as well as they did"
"Before also the message was clear and now also is the same. The problem is that in the ground, our application is missing. At the right time where we need to click, we didn't do that. We missed catches in the middle overs, we shouldn't have let them get to 150 after getting 4 wickets. We weren't able to come into the matches. Delivering is the responsibility of the captain and the players"
"The players who are playing are the best players who became #1. Good and bad times come for everyone, we will learn from our mistakes and work on shortcomings"
"Did my dropped catch cost the team? Yes, I accept that I dropped a catch but how much did that batsman score? If my dropping the catch cost the team, I accept that but that batsman got out in the next over"
"I went out to bat with Haris there with RRR at 8.5 so I wanted to take the innings deeper with him. The pitch was such that any new batsman was struggling there. The wicket didn't assist you to hit from the get-go, you had to take time. Till Haris was there for 2-3 overs, the strike rotation was happening but he tried a shot and got out. After that, the other batsmen all tried and the RRR went to 9, 10 and then 12 in the next 2 overs. So my aim was to bat with Haris and take the match deep but we couldn't do that"
"We recovered well with the bowling, we had a decent start with the bat with wickets in hand but in the middle, we needed another good partnership"
"The way the pitch was playing, we knew 8-9+ an over won't be easy so we lost wickets and the match"
"We didn't express ourselves in this series, we took pressure and had lapses in all facets, we didn't perform well"
"We brought some players in this series, we had Shoaib bhai at 5 and Hafeez bhai at 3 before with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali amongst the bowlers but we wanted to try some players before the Australia tour"
"We need to improve in all facets. If we keep dropping catches like this in the middle overs, we won't be able to beat any team"
"I want to thank the crowd and the SL team for coming and for playing excellent cricket"
"We didn't play good cricket in any facet"
"We saw quite a few things, it's an eye opener for everyone, we know which things we have to work on. Congrats to the SL team, they played better cricket than us"
"When the team isn't performing then the captain is responsible"
"The required rate was 8.5, we thought there is a set batsman there so I'll go and bat there but unfortunately Haris got out after 2 overs. The message to Haris was for us to bat together for 2-3 overs more and take it closer because we had players who could maintain 9-10 runs per over but unfortunately he got out. The decision was that I would go out there and rotate strike and Haris will stay with me but he got out"
"When your team doesn't perform and you don't perform obviously there is some pressure on you but I think in this series after speaking to Misbah bhai, he told me not to take pressure and to play freely. When the team loses then the management is of course responsible, but as I have said before they do their best and ultimately it's up to the players and the captain to deliver. The management has no role to play in that, whether it's the World Cup or this series"
"We didn't play well at all in this series and a young team showed us how to play. The cricket they were playing, this is the cricket we were playing in the last 30 games"
"As a team and as a captain, we didn't play like we should have. The management did their best. The players are the same ones who have been playing before and will keep playing and maybe some players will make comebacks in future but as a team we didn't play as well as they did"
"Before also the message was clear and now also is the same. The problem is that in the ground, our application is missing. At the right time where we need to click, we didn't do that. We missed catches in the middle overs, we shouldn't have let them get to 150 after getting 4 wickets. We weren't able to come into the matches. Delivering is the responsibility of the captain and the players"
"The players who are playing are the best players who became #1. Good and bad times come for everyone, we will learn from our mistakes and work on shortcomings"
"Did my dropped catch cost the team? Yes, I accept that I dropped a catch but how much did that batsman score? If my dropping the catch cost the team, I accept that but that batsman got out in the next over"
"I went out to bat with Haris there with RRR at 8.5 so I wanted to take the innings deeper with him. The pitch was such that any new batsman was struggling there. The wicket didn't assist you to hit from the get-go, you had to take time. Till Haris was there for 2-3 overs, the strike rotation was happening but he tried a shot and got out. After that, the other batsmen all tried and the RRR went to 9, 10 and then 12 in the next 2 overs. So my aim was to bat with Haris and take the match deep but we couldn't do that"
