Pakistan was at its lowest, looking like club players: Sanjay Manjrekar

In addition to praising USA for their outstanding victory over one of the tournament favourites, former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said he thought the Men in Green had reached their lowest point

Defeating Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, the United States of America (USA) upset the odds. Even though the team captained by Babar Azam was the favourite against the affiliated nation, they were never considered to be among the elite in the cricket world. After losing three wickets in the powerplay while batting first, they were unable to muster much effort in the final overs and managed to score 159 runs in the opening innings.

While leading the race for the most of it, the USA faltered as the contest headed into the Super Bowl. The visitors could only muster 13 runs after Mohammad Amir gave up 18 runs in the over. After that, the USA won handily and surged to the top of Group A. Pakistan is currently in a difficult situation as a result of their loss.

It’s quite early to achieve such a high in terms of international cricket by winning this match. Pakistan has truly reached their lowest point, while one team, the USA, is making history by climbing Mount Everest. I haven’t witnessed a less impressive display from Pakistan. This is more than just a losing effort. The evaluation, the Mohammad Amir Super Over, and the errors made while the pressure was high. As the world champions when I played against Pakistan, they have now reached their lowest point, so it pains me to witness this, Manjrekar was cited by India Today as saying:.

Truly lost faith in Pakistan: Sanjay Manjrekar

It is necessary to analyse the 44 runs that captain Babar Azam made off of 43 balls. The squad may be concerned about his strike rate for the duration of the competition. The other hitters did not step up in the interim. The squad scored 159 runs thanks to strong finishing strikes from Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan, who at one point appeared to be great batsman.

Manjrekar said he had lost respect for the Pakistani cricketers after reflecting that they appeared to be club players.

Over time, they have experienced a few downturns. Pakistan’s dissatisfaction is a tale unto itself. India is not listed as one of the upsets for the T20 World Cup 2024. Pakistan’s current cricket players appeared to be club players based on their level of play. Because their top-order batsmen gave their innings much too much respect and believed that 150 was a respectable score, Babar Azam was able to play the way he did. And that’s when I started to truly lose faith in Pakistan,” Manjkrekar said.