Pakistan captain Babar Azam stated on Friday that injured quicks Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah remained central to his group’s World Cup plans, after their absence noticed the group crash out of the Asia Cup.
Azam’s males went all the way down to fellow co-hosts Sri Lanka by two wickets on Thursday in a last-ball thriller of a rain-shortened Tremendous 4 knockout sport in Colombo.
Each Naseem and Rauf had been injured within the Tremendous 4 loss to India within the 50-over match, a tune-up for the ODI World Cup in India beginning subsequent month.
“Haris Rauf is not bad, he has a little bit side strain but will recover before the World Cup,” stated Azam.
“Naseem Shah has missed a couple of matches but I don’t know about his recovery. But in my opinion he will be in the World Cup.”
The tempo duo’s absence was felt when Pakistan did not defend 252 of their 42-over-a-side match in opposition to Sri Lanka.
Charith Asalanka steered his facet house in that sport, hitting a 4 and a double off the final two balls, bowled by debutant Zaman Khan.
“Definitely when you lose your best bowlers, that costs you and your team,” Azam stated after the match. “We were not short of effort but didn’t finish well.”
Zaman, a quick bowler who made an impression within the Pakistan Super League, wanted to defend eight runs and bowled the primary 4 for simply two, together with a wicket.
However the left-handed Asalanka, who made 49, had the house crowd rejoicing along with his successful strike to take Sri Lanka, who gained the final version of the match, into their 11th Asia Cup last.
Azam stated the group would study from their errors to placed on a greater present in India subsequent month, the place they may meet the hosts in a hotly anticipated October 14 conflict in Ahmedabad.
“In fielding we lacked the kind of response that we should have got. In the bowling, there is an issue in the middle overs,” stated Azam. “We are going to attempt to study from them and can clear them earlier than going into the World Cup. “
