Quetta Gladiators captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, blamed his bowlers for the team’s poor performance in their recent match against Lahore Qalandars at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium.
During the post-match conference, Sarfaraz appeared frustrated with the team’s lack of runs on the scoreboard but quickly shifted the blame onto his bowlers.
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He stated that the bowlers had let the team down by conceding too many runs even after taking early wickets inside the first ten overs.
“We made a lot of mistakes. We didn’t ball well in the first ten overs, even after taking seven wickets. It was a complete setback performance from our team. We aimed to restrict Lahore under 100 runs, but it didn’t happen as we didn’t ball at the right areas,” he said.
“We gave away 52 runs in the next six overs, which easily shifted the momentum towards the Qalandars,” he added.
Sarfaraz Ahmed pointed out the mistakes in his bowling attack but didn’t say anything about his poor batting performance.
The wicketkeeper-batsman scored 25 runs from 25 deliveries, with just one four from his bat.
Quetta Gladiators scored ten runs in five overs (10-15), resulting in the match favoring Lahore Qalandars.
Former Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis also slammed Sarfaraz Ahmed for his poor performance with the bat.
“Sarfaraz Ahmed has scored 25 runs in 25 deliveries. A man who came in at number six is supposed to be a finisher with a strike rate of 150 or 160. Sarfaraz has a strike rate of 100 today; you aren’t going to win games like that,” he said.
