After Pakistan’s loss to India, a cricket legend has pointed the finger at Babar Azam’s captaincy, saying, “Made One Mistake.”

Wasim Akram, a former Pakistani pacer, said that it was “too late” for Babar to bring Nawaz in for the latter’s final over. According to his point of view, the skipper ought to have finished the spinner’s four-over quota by the 13th or the 14th over.

In a nail-biting contest that went down to the final over at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, India prevailed against Pakistan by five wickets. Hardik Pandya, an all-rounder for the Indian side, displayed steely grit to pull off the victory for his squad in the 2022 Asia Cup encounter between the bitter rivals. The Indian team was attempting to beat a target score of 148 runs. In addition to Pandya’s critical knock, Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s lack of effective planning in the second innings was undoubtedly a significant factor in his team’s loss to India. Pandya’s crucial knock was also a factor.

The Pakistani fast bowlers had completed their allotment of overs by the time the 19th over began, and as a result, the spinner Mohammad Nawaz was given the duty of bowling the final six balls with only seven runs to defend.

It is important to point out that Nawaz had completed his third over by the 12th over of the innings; nevertheless, Babar did not rotate his bowlers effectively, which resulted in Nawaz being sent in to deliver the last over with Hardik and Ravindra Jadeja already established at the crease.

Wasim Akram, a former Pakistani pacer, said that it was “too late” for Babar to bring Nawaz in for the latter’s final over. According to his point of view, the skipper ought to have finished the spinner’s four-over quota by the 13th or the 14th over.

“I suppose Babar made one error. It would have been more effective for him to have Nawaz bowl the 13th or 14th over. It was already far too late. You are not allowed to bowl with a spinner in the final three to four overs of a Twenty20 match, especially when playing against batsmen of Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya’s calibre “After the game, Akram was quoted as saying something on Star Sports.

India was able to bowl Pakistan out for 147 thanks to the efforts of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4 for 26) and Hardik (3 for 25). In the second innings of the competition, the bowlers for Pakistan put up a valiant effort, but it was India’s Hardik who stole the show with an unbeaten 33 off of 17 balls to win the game.