'Beyond embarrassing': Fans troll Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan over slow scoring against India
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Pakistan fans expressed their sheer displeasure or vented out their anger on X, previously Twitter, and slammed the Pakistan skipper for struggling to hit boundaries or failing to hit the boundaries. Pakistan lost two wickets early on, which put the pressure on their captain Mohammed Rizwan, and that led to Pakistan playing 80 dot balls in the first 20 overs, which is kind of very sluggish in this era of T20 cricket, where fluency is the name of the game and teams like to score briskly.
Pakistan made a fine start to their campaign with their top batter Babar Azam looking in good touch, but once he got out at 26-ball 23, followed by a suicidal run-out by Imam-ul-Haq on 10, Pakistan's scoring rate dropped drastically.
As two quick wickets put immense pressure on Pakistan's middle order, Pakistan skipper Rizwan was joined by Saud Shakeel in the 10th over, but then the pressure of the situation got the better of them, and they had to bide their time. India managed to rush through their overs, and Pakistan went about for more than five overs without hitting the boundary. Pakistan managed to score just 27 runs.
However, both Rizwan and Saud tried to switch gears after the 25th over of the contest. However, fans were not able to understand the logic
