Delhi: Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has blamed the failure of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 on the pitches and said that the pitches in the US were difficult for batsmen. He said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) should make pitches conducive for batting.

In the press conference after the match against Ireland, the right-handed veteran batsman said, “Not only us, but the batsmen of other teams playing in America also faced difficulties. I am ready to take responsibility for the defeat, but the rest of the players of the team will also have to take responsibility.”

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He said that the blame for the T20 World Cup defeat should not be put on any one player. As a team, we did not play good cricket in this tournament. Babar further said that we need awareness towards the game and not mentality, we missed opportunities at crucial times. He said that he will go back and talk to the chairman, he will answer whatever he asks.

Babar Azam said that Imad Wasim and Mohammad Aamir performed well in this tournament. Aamir is a senior bowler and has experience of bowling.

'Nobody in the team knows how to bat'

Gary Kirsten, the head coach of the Pakistani team that was eliminated from the group stage in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, has strongly criticized the team led by Babar Azam. Kirsten said, “Our fitness level is not up to standard. It has to be increased. The fitness level of the players of the team is not right. We are far behind the world in skill level despite playing so much cricket. There is no awareness of the game. No one knows which shot to play when.”

For your information, let us tell you that the Pakistani team had to face defeat from India and the United States of America (USA) in the current World Cup. However, they took a respectable farewell from the tournament by winning their two other group matches.