{"id":38773,"date":"2021-10-30T05:31:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T05:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38773"},"modified":"2021-10-30T05:31:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T05:31:26","slug":"icc-men-s-world-t20-2021-morale-is-still-high-despite-defeat-to-pakistan-says-nabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38773","title":{"rendered":"ICC Men\u2019s World T20 2021: Morale is still high despite defeat to Pakistan, says Nabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-38772\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nabi-Afganisthan-ICC.jpg\" alt=\"Nabi Afganisthan ICC\" style=\"display: block; margin: 8px auto;\" width=\"792\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nabi-Afganisthan-ICC.jpg 792w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nabi-Afganisthan-ICC-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nabi-Afganisthan-ICC-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nabi-Afganisthan-ICC-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nabi-Afganisthan-ICC-696x431.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/>Dubai: <\/strong>Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi insisted his side\u2019s morale is still high despite suffering their first Super 12s defeat to Pakistan in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Four sixes from Asif Ali helped Pakistan make it a hat-trick of victories at the ICC Men\u2019s World T20 2021 as they chased 148 to win by five wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Nabi, 35 off 32 balls, had shared a partnership of 75 with Gulbadin Naib, 35 off 25 balls, to give his spinners something to bowl at but faced with Asif\u2019s brutal hitting it proved to not be enough.<\/p>\n<p>Nabi, 36, said: \u201cWe have only played two games and we won one [against Scotland] and today was a close game, at the end Pakistan won the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of positive things in this game, we will take the positive things and there\u2019s three more games inshallah we will do well, the team morale is high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody came full of confidence that we could win the game and we tried our best, we gave 120 percent in the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s part of the game, winning and losing, and Pakistan finished the game well at the end. Our boys played really well, we put a decent total on the board and we restricted them and it was very tight until the 18th\/19th over. In the end Pakistan won the game and that\u2019s part of cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many raised their eyebrows when Nabi went against the trend of electing to bowl first at the Dubai International Stadium with dew in play in the evening games.<\/p>\n<p>But the veteran all-rounder defended his decision to bat, despite slipping to 76 for six, suggesting his side\u2019s final total of 147 for six was defendable.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI think batting first as a decision was not that bad. But we played aggressively at the start because the ball held a little on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the total on the board 148\/149 runs is enough on these kinds of pitches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think both batting and bowling can improve but the way our spinners are bowling we can defend 150 runs and be good enough in these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frontline leg-spinner Rashid Khan took two for 26, becoming the fastest man to take 100 T20 international wickets in the process as well as claiming the crucial scalp of Pakistan captain Babar Azam for 51.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nabi only chose to introduce him after ten overs had passed, with some observers feeling he could have halted the opposition\u2019s early progress with Pakistan making it to 72 for one at the halfway stage.<\/p>\n<p>The skipper again defended his decision-making, saying: \u201cI think it\u2019s not too late after ten overs [to bowl Rashid].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe bowled really well and he restricted the batters quite well, that\u2019s why they needed 24 runs from 12 balls [to win at the end].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Player of the match Asif revealed he planned his audacious finish to the game an over early because of the small boundary.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe boundary was small from this end so I told my partner I&#8217;d go for it this over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank God we pulled it off. I look at the situation and what it demands and which bowler has overs remaining, and the field setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Shoaib [Malik] that Naveen-ul-Haq was bowling well, and from this end I could even score 25 in an over. So, I planned for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai: Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi insisted his side\u2019s morale is still high despite suffering their first Super 12s defeat to Pakistan in Dubai. Four sixes from Asif Ali helped Pakistan make it a hat-trick of victories at the ICC Men\u2019s World T20 2021 as they chased 148 to win by five wickets. 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