Pakistan coach offers “injury” excuse for loss against India, early ouster from Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy: Pakistan cricket team lost to India and New Zealand easily, while Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have been poor.

Pakistan cricket team has been ousted already from the Champions Trophy, the performances of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have been poor, and there are widespread rumuors of rift within the team. But then, Pakistan’s assistant coach Azhar Mahmood has ruled out any such negative happenings, and put all the blame on the injuries.

Pakistan Coach Opens up on Issues

Yes, that point can’t be ruled out — since Saim Ayub was ruled out before the tournament, and then Fakhar Zaman suffered an injury in the New Zealand match. “We haven’t played well in this tournament. We have played good cricket in this format, but in the tournament it has not gone well because of injuries,” Azhar Mahmood was quoted as saying by Geosuper.

Then the coach also opened up on the India vs Pakistan clash, where the team lost by six wickets. “Against India we took a lot of pressure on ourselves. But we know where we need to improve. It is all about adapting and taking responsibility.”

PAK Ousted from Champions Trophy

“We haven’t play well in ICC tournaments in the last four times. It has been shocking for us. But you see how much chopping and changing that has happened, it is not ideal. We need to trust,” Mahmood added. Meanwhile, he also highlighted that there is a lot of pressure on the payers, given the amount of cricket they are playing.

“There is a lot of pressure when playing international cricket. If you give anyone a chance, give them for six to eight months, and you will get results. Whoever might be. Here you have two bad games, people say drop them. You can take 6 months to identify the talent, but you need to stick with that,” he said.