Rizwan defeated! (Photo: pti)
Who is the defeat of Pakistan in the second ODI against the West Indies? The answer is Mohammad Rizwan. Of course, Babar Azam, who is out on zero, can also be held responsible for this. However, Mohammad Rizwan’s mistake is bigger. That is why we are doing that Pakistan was killed by its captain i.e. Mohammad Rizwan. Now you will ask how? What was the fault of Mohammad Rizwan? How did he be a bigger crime than Babar Azam who is out on zero? In the second ODI played on August 10, West Indies defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets to equal 1-1 in the 3-match series. Pakistan won the first ODI by 5 wickets.
Where did Rizwan make a mistake in a 37-37 over match?
In the second ODI, Pakistan’s team batted first. In the 37-37 overs match, Pakistan scored 171 runs for 7 wickets in the first match. In response, the West Indies got the target of scoring 181 runs in 35 overs from the Duckworth Lewis Rules, which he achieved by losing 5 wickets in 33.2 overs. Now the question is, where did Mohammad Rizwan make a mistake in this entire match?
Babar Azam’s innings from Pakistan was reduced to just 3 balls. Meaning, his feet were uprooted before he settled at the crease. They also took more time, wasted more balls. But, what about what Mohammad Rizwan did? He did not score as much run and wasted the balls.
If you had to bat like this, Babar Azam would have been dismissed!
Understand the batting of Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan in this way. He scored just 1 runs in the first 19 balls of his innings. Then scored 15 runs in the next 18 balls, it seemed that Rizwan would change the gear, he has now been settled and will take Pakistan to a good target. But, even after spending so much time at the crease, he could not play a big innings. He faced 38 balls and scored 16 runs at a strike rate of 42.10. He was the lowest strike rate batter among the batsmen who scored at least 10 runs for Pakistan.
Now the question is that if Mohammad Rizwan was to be dismissed only after freezing the wicket, then it was better that he would lose his wicket like Babar Azam. After spending time at the crease, it is a big mistake to be dismissed in this way. The result of Rizavan’s same slow game was that in the second ODI, some runs on Pakistan’s score board were less.
