When the 2023 Asian Cup began, Pakistan was considered a strong contender to win the cup. The main reason for this was the team’s excellent performance in limited-overs cricket in recent years. However, they suffered a two-wicket defeat in the crucial Super 4 match against Sri Lanka and failed to secure their place in the final. Now, former India player Gautam Gambhir has made a big statement about Babar Azam’s captaincy after the loss in this match.
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first in the match against Sri Lanka. After that, the team managed to reach the score of 252 runs in this match in 42 overs. Sri Lanka then achieved this target with the last ball of the 42nd over. At one time it seemed like Sri Lanka would end the game very early but Pakistan bowlers eventually made the game exciting by taking a few quick wickets. However, Sri Lanka managed to win.
Gautam Gambhir reacted strongly to Babar Azam’s captaincy on Star Sports and said that you let the game slip from your hands. They wanted to complete all of their sixth bowler’s overs. This doesn’t happen in competition. When there was a partnership between Kusal Mendis and Sadira Samarawickrama, at that point you should have used your leading bowlers to attack to break them so you could get wickets.
Gambhir further said that Pakistan could have won this game only by taking wickets. I think Babar Azam needs to improve his captaincy skills in ODI because it is not a T20 match, you can be captain in this format.