Talking Points After Pakistan’s World Cup Warm-ups

The green shirts are done with the practice games that were supposed to be played before the actual event i.e. the ICC world cup began. So, here is a look at a few talking points after Pakistan’s world cup warm-ups.

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Defeat Against Afghanistan Leaves Pakistan In Disarray

Pakistan have lost ODI series to South Africa, Australia and England this year. Nevertheless, they had an excuse every time and none of those defeats would have hurt as much as the one against Afghanistan should. Needless, to say the green shirts looked in disarray and demoralized after Friday’s game and this then is for sure, not the start to the campaign that they needed.

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Sarfraz Needs To Stop Blaming The Bowlers

Pakistan couldn’t even bat for the entire 50 overs against the Afghani boys. They were about 40 runs short of the par total. Still, Sarfraz as usual blamed the bowlers for not producing the results. There is no denying the fact that green shirts have looked ordinary with the ball. However, it is about time that the skipper realizes that more is required from the batting line on flat world cup pitches that what they have been producing.

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Good Thing The Bangladesh Game Got Washed Out

Pakistan need time from here onwards to regroup as a unit and hence, the wash out against Bangladesh was a good thing for them. They have played enough in England to acclimatize and may be a couple of days away from everything is more important for them rather than playing anymore games before the actual event begins.

Pakistan In Need Of A Morale Booster

Pakistan need inspiration at the moment to get out of the losing habit they find themselves in. They need to win a couple of games against all odds and versus big opponents in the tournament to boost their morale which most definitely at the moment is just not where it should be before the start of a big tournament.