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Mohammad Rizwan in motion© AFP
Former Pakistan girls’s captain Urooj Mumtaz criticised skipper Mohammad Rizwan for taking part in too many dot balls within the center overs part, which finally led to their six-wicket defeat to India within the 2025 Champions Trophy conflict in Dubai. Although Rizwan made 46 to be Pakistan’s second-highest run-scorer because the aspect posted 241 in 49.4 overs, he took 77 balls to make that rating and performed 29 dot balls in between 11 to 24 overs. Pakistan’s center overs slowdown began simply after ending the power-play at 52/2, with their total dot ball share standing at 48 per cent.
“Rizwan, time and again, is at fault of chewing up too many dot deliveries. Then there is one release shot that comes out. He was on 40-odd from something like 70 deliveries at the point where he looked like taking another release shot.”
“He was 30 off 68 (24 off 53) at one point when he hit that one four. Saud (Shakeel), on the other hand, is not the normal aggressor; it is Rizwan who is normally the aggressor when he does get going and does get set,” stated Urooj to ESPNcricinfo.
Rizwan’s was concerned in a 104-run partnership with Saud Shakeel, nevertheless it had taken 144 balls for that to occur. Urooj additionally felt Rizwan going sluggish additionally put stress on left-handed batter Shakeel to interrupt free.
“I think Rizwan, in his 46 off 77 – strike rate of 59 – just wasn’t good enough because we’re talking about a team where the best batter in the team (Babar Azam) is obviously out of form, hasn’t been churning out those big runs… and he got out early. Imam (had) that unfortunate run-out.”
“So it was down to Rizwan as captain to put his hand up and show that brave attitude. Maybe even not just trying to botch everything down, but maybe just better strike rotation, (the lack of) which I thought was a massive fault, and probably applied a little bit more pressure on Saud as well,” she concluded.
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