Asia Cup 2022 Who plays the knock of a run-a-ball 45 in a T20 game - Shoaib Akhtar slams Mohammad Rizwan for his innings in the final × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Cricket News Asia Cup 2022 News

Asia Cup 2022 Who plays the knock of a run-a-ball 45 in a T20 game - Shoaib Akhtar slams Mohammad Rizwan for his innings in the final

By Anuj Nitin Prabhu Modified 12 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Mohammad Rizwan is facing severe criticism from the cricketing fraternity despite scoring a half-century in the Asia Cup final. (P.C.:Getty) Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar was highly disappointed with the way Mohammad Rizwan approached his innings in the Asia Cup 2022 final against Sri Lanka. The 30-year-old scored 55 runs, but took 49 balls for it and that slowed things down considerably for Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday (September 11). Rizwan's inability to accelerate became a big problem as other explosive batters like Fakhar Zaman and Iftikhar Ahmed couldn't impose themselves on the opposition. Zaman was dismissed for a golden duck while Ahmed took 31 balls to score just 32 as Pakistan's overdependence on their openers was exposed once again. Asif Ali (0) and Shadab Khan (8) also failed to make decent contributions lower down the order as Pakistan lost their final eight wickets for just 54 runs. In a video on his YouTube channel, here's what Shoaib Akhtar had to say about Pakistan's inconsistent middle-order: "Pakistan have played really bad cricket, absolutely horrible. They need to look at Fakhar, Iftikhar and the rest of their middle-order. Rizwan doesn't score at a quick rate. Who plays the knock of a run-a-ball 45 in a T20 game? You can't have such a mix-and-match team."

Shoaib Akhtar on Pakistan s poor fielding

Another striking difference between the two sides in the final was their fielding. While Sri Lanka were absolutely sensational on the field, Pakistan dropped too many important catches. Johns.@CricCrazyJohnsHuge miss for Pakistan, dropped an important catch in 2021 T20 WC semi as well.99477Huge miss for Pakistan, dropped an important catch in 2021 T20 WC semi as well. https://t.co/zKOmp44g9d Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the Player of the Match, was dropped twice and that proved to be extremely costly for the Men in Green. Rajapaksa went on to score an unbeaten 71 from 45 balls to guide Sri Lanka to an eventual winning total of 170. Fielding is of paramount importance, especially in the shortest format, and that was perhaps why Shoaib Akhtar was so furious with the Pakistan team's efforts. On this, he stated: "Sri Lanka's fielding was excellent. Their calling was clear during high catches. But we continue to collide. Don't know how many more collisions are left. Fakhar is colliding, Shadab [Khan] is colliding with Asif [Ali]. Pakistan have just overhyped themselves." There suddenly seem to be several question marks in the Pakistan camp after the manner of their defeat in the Asia Cup final. The team's fielding needs plenty of work ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup, while they also need to resolve their middle-order issues. Get the Latest updates & News on T20 World Cup & Follow us for Live Scores, Schedule, and Squads Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Anantaajith Ra × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout No Results Found Get the free App now Manage notifications Popular ‍ Sports (30+) CricketCricket HomeScheduleT20 World CupT20 warm upIND vs SAENG vs PAKAUS vs ENGLegends LeagueECS T10 CroatiaWBBL 2022ECC T10SMAT 2022Bukhatir LeagueNZ T20 Tri-SeriesWomen's Asia Cup 2022ECT10 FootballFootball HomeNewslettersSK Experts ScheduleEPLNations LeagueLa LigaLigue 1Champions LeagueFIFA WCMLS Bundesliga Serie A WWEWWE HomeNewslettersRumor RoundupRAWSmackDownResultsRosterChampionsWWE Crown Jewel 2022PPV ScheduleAEW EsportsEsports HomeMinecraftOverwatch 2RobloxGenshin ImpactFortniteGTAStreamersFree FirePUBGValorantBGMIPop CultureAnimeGaming TechWiki Guides TennisTennis HomeTennis calendarTennis Results TodayATP RankingsWTA RankingsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak DjokovicSerena Williams MMAMMA HomeUFC NewsONE ChampionshipUFC Fight NightScheduleRankingsResultsUFC Fights TonightONE Championship ResultsONE Championship ScheduleONE Championship Rankings KabaddiKabaddi HomePKL 2022PKL SchedulePKL Points TableKabaddi Rules WikiWiki HomeMinecraft WikiNaruto WikiTikTok WikiYoutube WikiGTA WikiTerraria WikiOne Piece Wiki MoreSportsBasketballIndian FootballNFLMinecraftFormula 1NascarPop CultureCollege FootballHockeyGolfAthleticsBadmintonGymnasticsWrestlingSwimmingTennisShootingBoxingArcheryWinter SportsRobloxFree PicksSkateboardingKho KhoLifestyle LINKS About Us Write For Us Policies Editorial Standards Journalism Awards Fact Check Affiliate Program Careers CSR Privacy Policy Contact Us Edition: English हिन्दी