Someone had to take responsibility: Surya hails Ishan’s batting effort
Kishan smashed 77 off just 40 deliveries, striking ten fours and three sixes on a sluggish, spin-friendly R Premadasa surface to power India to 175/7.
Kishan smashed 77 off just 40 deliveries, striking ten fours and three sixes on a sluggish, spin-friendly R Premadasa surface to power India to 175/7.
Pakistan slumped to a 61-run defeat against their arch-rivals in Colombo on Sunday, a result that has left them needing a victory over Namibia in their final Group A fixture to retain any realistic hope of progressing to the Super Eights.
Yet beneath the soaring television promos and breathless studio debates lies a far less dramatic reality.
Both openers were dismissed as Pakistan tightened the screws, reducing the Netherlands to 50 for 2 at the end of six overs.
Akram’s comments came after Pakistan agonisingly fell six runs short during their chase of a paltry 120.
The Bangladesh side were scheduled to arrive in Karachi on 29 March and play a lone ODI and a solitary Test match.
Sharing a picture from his playing days, Akram remembered a particular jersey that they were wearing in that match and labelled it the best ODI kit he had worn.
Except for a brief appearance in the home T20I series against Sri Lanka last year, Umar Akmal has been out of the national squad for a while now.
Pakistan head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq said that the form of some of the main players in the team is a major cause for concern.
David Warner played an unbeaten knock of 335 off 418 balls, which is the second-highest score in a Test innings by an Australian batsman.
