Babar Azam, speaking after Pakistan’s loss to England in the first test, said that he “didn’t get the pitch I wanted.”

Since the first day of the first Test between Pakistan and England, the Rawalpindi wicket, which was used for the match, has been the target of a significant amount of criticism. As a result of England scoring more than 500 runs on the first day of the match, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) came under a great deal of scrutiny for the manner in which they had prepared the pitch. Even Pakistan’s captain, Babar Azam, who led his team to defeat in the first game of the series, expressed his displeasure with the playing surface, stating that he did not get the type of wicket that he had hoped for in the game.

The Rawalpindi surface continued to offer bowlers very little support, which resulted in both teams’ batsmen scoring runs at a steady rate over the course of all five days of the match.

“Yes, my input was taken into consideration throughout the creation of the pitch; nevertheless, despite making it abundantly apparent what we wanted, we were unable to obtain it for some reason, possibly due to the weather.

However, we were looking for a course that had some turns for the spinners “Babar Azam stated this during a press conference after the match on Monday.

In addition to this, Babar did not hold back when it came to applauding England for the way that they batted during the entire encounter.

“We were prepared for them to continue to play against us in the same manner as before. When your bowlers are not hitting the appropriate spots and runs are being scored on both sides of the wicket, I believe it might be challenging for a captain to maintain control of the game.

But you have to give them credit for the manner they batted in both of the innings “he remarked.

I believed we batted effectively and came near to their total, but in the second innings, our players didn’t live up to the obligation,” he added. “It is never easy to rebound when the opposition scores 500 on the first day of the match.”

After everything was said and done, the captain of Pakistan was most likely dismayed to see a chance to win the match be missed.

“I believed that we had a good chance of winning the match till after lunch today; however, we lost two wickets in a row, which was detrimental to our chances of success in the match. On the other hand, Anderson and Robinson bowled quite well “he said.