Pakistan cricket fraternity disappointed with loss

A large number of fans who had gathered at different spots in Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi on Saturday to watch the match on giant screens amidst an atmosphere of festivity left upset and angry. 

Television channels showed some of them raising slogans against the Pakistan Cricket Board and players demanding their ouster while in some other parts of the country disappointed fans broke television sets with sticks. 

Reports said that in some areas of Punjab, angry fans had burnt effigies and posters of captain Shahid Afridi and other players. To add insult to injury for the angry fans, Afridi said losing to India was not a big deal and the Pakistan team could make a comeback, a comment which didn’t go down well at all with anyone. 

Former skipper Rashid Latif said he was left very disappointed with the performance. “It is not about losing but about how we lost. Atleast our bowlers fought hard but our batting was a total flop and the running between the wickets was pathetic,” he said. 

Misbah-ul-Haq said Pakistan needed to improve its game planning. “This was not a pitch to try to get 150 or 160 our approach was all wrong we should have targeted and played for a realistic total given our bowling attack which again came good,” he said.