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Pakistan captain Babar Azam revealed that the loss against Zimbabwe during the T20 World Cup 2022 still hurts him. Notably, Pakistan lost a thrilling game against Zimbabwe during the group stage of the tournament as they failed to chase down the target of 131.<\/p>\n
The Babar Azam-led side<\/a><\/strong> needed just 51 runs in the last seven overs having seven wickets in hand. However, a double-wicket over from Sikandar Raza completely changed the course of the game. Pakistan eventually lost the match after failing to score eight runs off the last over.<\/p>\n T20 World Cup: Full Coverage<\/a> | Complete Schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Recently, reminiscing about the game, Babar revealed that the loss still hurts him even more than the loss against India in the same event.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 2022, I feel we should have won the match against India, but they pulled it off in the end. Our loss against Zimbabwe was very hurtful. (on being asked if it hurts more than loss against India) Kind of, because we played good cricket in that game. Even in the match with India, we played well and people praised us that we lost after putting up a fight. But I feel we could\u2019ve won that match,\u201d said Babar on the PCB podcast.<\/p>\n Despite losing against Zimbabwe and India, Pakistan managed to reach the final of the tournament as they beat Netherlands, South Africa and Bangladesh in the next three fixtures. An embarrassing defeat to South Africa by the Netherlands further cleared the path for Pakistan\u2019s qualification to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n However, the Men in Green failed to clinch the trophy in the final as England defeated them by five wickets in the summit clash. Reflecting on that loss, Babar further said that the injury to Shaheen Afridi during the final stages of the game shifted the game in England\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat kept us from winning the final was Shaheen\u2019s injury. If he hadn\u2019t been injured, it could\u2019ve been a different ball game. Because the pressure was on England at that time and giving the spinner the over because of Shaheen\u2019s injury made the difference. I regret that moment and often wonder, \u2018What if?’,” he further said.<\/p>\n Notably, Afridi had to leave his third over after bowling just one delivery due to a knee injury. When Afridi left the field, England needed 41 to win off 29 balls. However, the equation quickly changed to 12 needed off 18 as Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes attacked Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammed Wasim Jr in the next 11 balls.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Pakistan will hope to finally end their knockout curse in the T20 World Cup 2024 as they start their campaign against United States<\/a><\/strong> on June 06. The Babar Azam-led side will next take on arch-rivals in a highly anticipated clash on June 9 in New York.<\/p>\nBabar revisits T20 WC 2022f final loss<\/h3>\n
Pakistan to start their campaign vs Zimbabwe<\/h3>\n