{"id":258891,"date":"2022-11-13T14:01:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T14:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/13\/t20-world-cup-babar-azam-proud-of-pakistans-fight-says-shaheen-afridi-injury-cost-them-final-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T14:01:18","slug":"t20-world-cup-babar-azam-proud-of-pakistans-fight-says-shaheen-afridi-injury-cost-them-final-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/13\/t20-world-cup-babar-azam-proud-of-pakistans-fight-says-shaheen-afridi-injury-cost-them-final-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup: Babar Azam proud of Pakistan&#8217;s fight, says Shaheen Afridi injury cost them final | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>MELBOURNE: Pakistan captain <!-- -->Babar Azam<!-- --> is proud of his team&#8217;s rollercoaster run in the Twenty20 World Cup and believes the injury to pace spearhead <!-- -->Shaheen Afridi<!-- --> cost them victory in Sunday&#8217;s final against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. <br \/>Having begun their campaign with defeats by India and Zimbabwe, the 2009 champions looked set to exit the tournament but still made the semi-finals after the Netherlands did them a huge favour by pulling off an upset win against South Africa. <br \/>Pakistan strung together four victories on the trot to make the final but managed a meagre 137-8 on Sunday after being put in to bat on a tricky track. <\/p>\n<p>Their lion-hearted bowlers reduced England to 45-3 in the sixth over but Afridi hurt his right knee in the 13th over when taking catch at long off to dismiss Harry Brook. <br \/>&#8220;We were probably 20 runs short with the bat but we started well with the ball in the first six overs and made a comeback in the middle overs,&#8221; Babar told reporters after their five-wicket defeat. <br \/>&#8220;Unfortunately, Shaheen got injured and that shifted the match in England&#8217;s favour. 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