Pakistan vs Afghanistan: PAK media thrashes Babar's team, calls it 'embarrassing'

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Afghanistan's batters easily managing to chase down the target with Rahmanullah Gurbaz(65), Ibrahim Zadran (87) and Rahmat Shah (77). “The victory for Afghanistan comes at a time of tense political and diplomatic relations between the two neighbours. Pakistan were sloppy in the field as they conceded easy boundaries with openers Zadran and Gurbaz taking their side to 100 in the 16th over." DAWN reported.

Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar reacted to the Men in Green's loss against their neighbours while speaking to DNA he said, 'A better team has won today. I have no words to describe this, I have literally zero words. Another former Pakistani veteran Wasim Akram told Pakistan's A Sports, “You know it was embarrassing today, making 280-290 runs while losing just 2 wickets is a big score whatever the pitch conditions." "Look at the fitness level of our players.

We have been saying this that Pakistani players have not faced a fitness test for the last 2 years. There should be some test, you guys are being paid professionally, playing for your country and there has to be certain criteria." Akram added Speaking at the post-match press conference about the 8 wicket loss against Afghanistan, Babar said, "This defeat hurts. We thought we had posted a good total on the board, one that our bowlers could defend.

However, our bowlers were simply not up to the mark as we neither managed to pick wickets in the middle overs (of the Afghanistan innings) nor put a check on the scoring rate. If you fail to deliver the goods in even one department, you end up on the losing side. It's as simple as that.