ABU DHABI: Pakistan cricket coach Mickey Arthur said on Tuesday Pakistan still had a chance to win Asia Cup. Arthur said, “Pakistan will win their last Super Four game against Bangladesh on Wednesday (today). They will win and compensate for their two losses against India by beating them in the final,” he added. Arthur who took charge of the Pakistan cricket team in 2016, took them to victory in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy last year in England. The South African however, refuses to accept the fact that the team’s “switch was off’ during the Super-Four game against India. “Switch off is a harsh term,” Arthur said. “We could not bring the Indian bowling under pressure with our batting. We needed to take early wickets against India, however we lost the chance due to our fielding,” he added regretfully.
Speaking about the Pakistan team, Arthur said, the Pakistan team were young with the most experienced player being Shoaib Malik who had played 270 one-day internationals (ODI), while captain Sarfraz Ahmed had played 94 ODI’s and Mohammad Amir having played 46.
Published in Daily Times, September 26th 2018.