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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has listed a number of reasons for why his side suffered a devastating eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 dota
Afghanistan produced a second upset in the 2023 World Cup when the side overcame the Pakistan team without much trouble in Chennai on Monday dota
The Monday game marked Afghanistan’s second victory in three matches, with their first upset against world champions England on 15 October in Delhi dota
Azam won the toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and opted to bat dota
He top-scored for Pakistan with 74 runs off 92 balls as they put up 282 for 7 in 50 overs, which met their goal, the skipper revealed at the post-match conference on Monday dota
RecommendedJoe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricketMohammed Shami: India pacer clinches historic Cricket World Cup recordMemes rain down on social media after fog stops India vs New Zealand match in DharamshalaBut Pakistan, whose semi-final chances have taken a significant hit with their latest defeat, fell short in their bowling and fielding efforts and the result “hurt” the team, Azam said dota
“This loss was very hard as a team dota
And the batting and our plan was to total 280-290 dota
And when we achieved that, I think we were not up to the mark in bowling and fielding dota
You have to bowl well and field well dota
In the middle overs, the spinners didn’t bowl as they should have dota
They didn’t put pressure on them,” Azam told reporters dota
“When you bowl well, and you bowl for 3-4 overs, the pressure comes on the other team dota
I congratulate their team for the way they played dota
They played outstandingly,” he said dota
Azam also admitted that in a tournament like the Cricket World Cup, if a team does not perform well even in one department, they’ll lose the match dota
“In the field, we didn’t stop boundaries and gave away runs and that cost us dota
All credit to Afghanistan for the way they played in all three departments dota
That’s why they won,” he said dota
“We are not playing good cricket in bowling and fielding dota
We’ll try our best in the next match dota
We didn’t hit the lengths in the middle overs, especially our spinners dota
We couldn’t put pressure on the batters dota
”Pakistan stayed put in fifth place in the 2023 World Cup points table while Afghanistan has now climbed to the sixth spot dota
As Afghanistan chased down their target of 283 without breaking into a sweat, temperatures in Pakistan soared dota
Commentators like former team captain Wasim Akram slammed the side’s fitness and called the loss “embarrassing” dota
“It was embarrassing today dota
Look at the fitness level of Pakistan players dota
We’ve pointed out that these players have not had fitness tests in two years!” remarked the former top international cricketer dota
“Their faces are bulging dota
These are professional players, there has to be a criteria dota
When Misbah-ul-Haq was coach, there were fitness criteria in place dota
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But it worked! Fielding is all about fitness dota
That’s where we are lacking,” said the Pakistan legend on the country’s A dota Sports network dota
Afghanistan will next travel to Pune to take on Sri Lanka on 30 October, while Pakistan will remain in Chennai for a major game against South Africa on 27 October dota
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Rugby World Cup-winning sides are often defined by their captain, as teams become a reflection of their skipper dota
Only eight men have worn the armband and lifted the Webb Ellis Cup, with each of them going down in history as an all-time great dota
From Francois Pienaar receiving the trophy from Nelson Mandela in 1995 to John Eales defining an Australian dynasty in 1999, through Martin Johnson dragging England to 2003 glory as the only northern hemisphere side to triumph and Richie McCaw’s place as probably the greatest of all, the only two-time winning captain in 2011 and 2015 – these men have led from the front to cement their status as legends dota
Saturday’s final dota between New Zealand and South Africa at the Stade de France offers another opportunity for two men to enhance their legacies but this particular match-up offers a fascinating contrast dota
On one side, Siya Kolisi stands in the traditional mould of inspirational leaders dota
His story, rising from poverty in the South African townships to become the Springboks’ first Black captain – in some ways, a huge burden to bear – is both remarkable and distinct from his predecessors dota
Yet the aura he has and the love and respect he garners is very much in line with McCaw, Johnson, Eales or the two other South African men to skipper a World Cup-winning side, Pienaar and 2007 captain John Smit dota
He made history as the first Black captain to win a World Cup four years ago and should he match McCaw by winning a second in Paris, there will be a legitimate claim to call him the greatest skipper of all time dota
Certainly, he engenders adoration in South Africa and adulation from the entire rugby world – it is almost impossible to sit in a press conference with him and not be impressed by Kolisi the orator and Siya the man, while he is also a titan on the field dota
"Siya transcends the game of rugby – he’s a symbol of hope for so many,” explains ex-Springbok prop and World Cup winner Tendai Mtawarira dota
“He came from nothing and became somebody iconic in the public eye dota
He means so much for South Africa dota
”Siya Kolisi became the first Black captain to win the men’s Rugby World Cup (Reuters)Yet the man he will shake hands with at the coin toss on Saturday and who will walk his team out less than a metre away has often engendered a very different reaction dota
Fairly or unfairly, Sam Cane has never captured the hearts of the New Zealand public in the same way that Kolisi has in South Africa dota
He’s largely unloved rather than beloved dota
And frankly, it’s not really his fault dota
His only real crime is that he’s not Richie McCaw but arguably the greatest player and certainly the greatest captain of all time is an unreasonably high bar to clear dota
Cane is an exceptional rugby player dota
He would have to be, because you don’t make more than 90 appearances in the All Blacks back row without being incredible, but the often prevailing opinion from supporters was summed up in an on-pitch comment by Ireland flanker/wind-up merchant Peter O’Mahony during the Test series dota between the sides last summer – “you’re just a s*** Richie McCaw”, yelled O’Mahony to the flanker dota
Sam Cane, left, will try to lead the All Blacks to a fourth World Cup title (Reuters)Cane became New Zealand’s starting No 7 when McCaw retired after the 2015 World Cup and assumed the captaincy upon Kieran Read’s departure following the tournament four years later dota
Following in the footsteps of McCaw, who had captained the All Blacks in 110 Tests, winning a ludicrous 97 of them, was an impossible job and he, along with coach Ian Foster, became a fall guy as performance levels and world ranking dropped during this current World Cup cycle dota
There were regular debates about whether Cane deserved a place in New Zealand’s best starting XV, let alone as skipper, and when he was injured during the warm-up of the World Cup opener against France, many on social media rejoiced as they felt it made the side stronger with Dalton Papali’i promoted to the run-on side instead dota
It’s worth noting that France won that game, handing the All Blacks their only loss of the tournament so far dota
Now, they’re in a final and Cane was immense in both the quarter-final and semi-final victories dota
He may not have the raw athleticism of Papali’i but his work ethic, engine, grit, breakdown tenacity and dogged personality perfectly complement the skillsets of back-row teammates Shannon Frizell and Ardie Savea dota
In the narrow quarter-final win over Ireland, Cane topped the tackle charts with 22 and earned a number of timely turnovers in perhaps the performance of his career, while he has a brilliant 94 per cent tackle success rate across the tournament as a whole dota
“I think, personally, Sam is made for these sorts of Test matches, in the tough Test matches he does a great job,” said head coach Foster after the Ireland win dota
Kolisi and Cane will collide again in the World Cup final (Getty Images)Forwards coach Jason Ryan expanded on Cane’s role in the build-up to the final dota
“Sam has really grown as a captain,” said Ryan dota
“He has really fronted in the last couple of weeks on the field dota
He has good conversations and he has a phenomenal leadership group around him as well which is an important part of it dota
”He may never enjoy the unconditional love that his opposing skipper on Saturday does but becoming just the third All Black, after McCaw and 1987 winner David Kirk, to lift the Webb Ellis Cup would silence a lot of doubters dota
Kolisi and Cane have taken different paths to reach this point but when they step onto the Stade de France turf for the Rugby World Cup final, both are playing for the same legendary status dota
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