Massive assertion! Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha drops bombshell on India ahead of Asia Cup final | Cricket News - The Times of India

Massive assertion! Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha drops bombshell on India ahead of Asia Cup final | Cricket News – The Times of India

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Pakistan’s gamers celebrates the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Jaker Ali (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Pakistan secured an exciting 11-run victory over Bangladesh within the Asia Cup Super 4s match in Dubai on Thursday, efficiently defending a modest complete of 135 to achieve the match final in opposition to India. Captain Salman Ali Agha credited his group’s particular high quality after their bowlers delivered a outstanding efficiency.Pakistan’s bowlers stepped up when it mattered most, serving to their group e-book their first-ever Asia Cup final showdown with arch-rivals India. The upcoming final will mark their third encounter within the match, following earlier conferences within the group stage and Super Fours.“If you win these kind of games, then we must be a special team. Everyone played really well. There is some improvement needed in batting. But we will work on that,” Agha stated on the presentation.The Pakistan captain expressed confidence in his group’s talents ahead of the final. “Very excited. We know what we need to do, and we are a good enough team to beat anyone, and we will come on Sunday and try to beat them,” he added.Shaheen Shah Afridi earned the Player-of-the-Match award for his all-spherical efficiency, contributing 19 runs off 13 balls and taking 3/17 with the ball.“Shaheen is a special player. He does what the team needs of him. Very happy for him. We were 15 runs short. The way we bowled up front, we will create pressure. We bowled well with the new ball. More often than not you will win games if you bowl like this,” Agha commented.The captain additionally highlighted the group’s improved fielding efforts. “We have been fielding well… We have been having extra sessions. Mike Hesson said if you can’t field, you won’t be in the team.”Afridi shared his perspective on the match-successful efficiency. “Early on, as a team, we need breakthroughs and I go for that. In a small total, you need early breakthroughs and we planned that. Three overs in the powerplay – that is the difference,” he stated.Speaking about his batting contribution, Afridi added: “After early wickets, team decided (to let me go) and take on bowlers. Those sixes turned momentum to our end.”When requested in regards to the upcoming final in opposition to India, Afridi merely said: “We are ready.”Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s stand-in captain Jaker Ali attributed their consecutive losses to poor batting performances. Bangladesh had beforehand misplaced to India of their final Super 4s match on Wednesday.“As a batting unit, last two games we lost it. We did good work with the bowling unit. Yesterday also the batting cost us the game,” Jaker stated.He additionally mirrored on his management expertise: “I tried to take those chances. I tried to adjust to the captaincy. Our bowlers Rishad and then Saif with the bat. Unfortunately, we didn’t support Saif much.”

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