
Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq struck an optimistic word on Tuesday, insisting the facet can get better from their heavy T20 World Cup loss to India and nonetheless safe a spot within the subsequent stage of the match.India’s emphatic 61-run victory has left Pakistan in a must-win state of affairs. They now must defeat Namibia of their last Group A fixture in Colombo on Wednesday to e-book a berth within the Tremendous Eights. A loss would finish their marketing campaign, with Pakistan at present sitting third within the group behind the USA on web run charge.
There stays a slim mathematical risk for the Netherlands to advance as nicely, however that will require a considerable victory over co-hosts India in Ahmedabad on the identical day.“Lifting the staff is simply troublesome when you do not work in your errors dedicated within the final sport,” Tariq instructed reporters.“We now have labored on our errors so I feel it is not going to be a tricky job.“We now have a resolve to not commit the identical errors once more.”Pakistan drew criticism for opting to subject first in opposition to India after which collapsing to 114 all out in 18 overs whereas chasing 176.“We are able to really feel their (followers’) disappointment as a result of the match is watched by the entire nation,” Tariq stated.“So we really feel their ache however I’m positive after we play them (India) subsequent we are going to put up a greater present.”He additionally brushed apart hypothesis that Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi could be dropped for the Namibia conflict after underwhelming shows.“Each Azam and Shaheen have gained many matches for Pakistan so if they didn’t carry out nicely in a single sport we should always not write them off,” stated Tariq.Pakistan have met Namibia simply as soon as earlier than in a T20 worldwide. Namibia, in the meantime, have misplaced all three of their group matches.“Whoever we play we now have the arrogance to beat them and our purpose is to play the ultimate and win the cup which we are going to strive our greatest to realize.”