Twice now, Pakistan have had victories firmly within reach before having them cruelly snatched away.
The first time was in dramatic Super Over circumstances, before the side ‘let it slip’ with the bat trying to chase a more-than-gettable total.
It’s the fine margins that has cost Gary Kirsten’s team, which could very easily be two from two and more-than-likely confirmed starters in the second round.
Instead, Pakistan’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament is on life support – with only themselves to blame.
“(We) let it slip at the end,” Kirsten admitted, after his side suffered a ‘disappointing’ six-run loss to India in New York.
“Some maybe not-so-great decision making when you’ve got the game on, it’s (at) a run-a-ball, eight wickets in hand, (it was) decision making at that point and that’s the game. I think we had the game at 76/2, with six or seven overs left at that point, so (it’s) disappointing not to get across the line from the position we got ourselves into.”
