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Cheteshwar Pujara desires Pakistan to have a extra brave batting strategy after a dismal efficiency of their opening sport on the Champions Trophy 2025.
Pakistan’s batting towards New Zealand noticed the Champions Trophy hosts cop a variety of criticism. (Picture: AP)
Cheteshwar Pujara known as for Pakistan to alter their batting strategy forward of the highly-anticipated conflict towards India within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He expressed his disappointment watching the event hosts’ efficiency and felt that it was unacceptable contemplating the goal they needed to chase down.
Talking in an unique interview with CNN-News18, Pujara mirrored on Pakistan’s dismal batting efficiency towards New Zealand which noticed the hosts being crushed by 60 runs towards New Zealand in entrance of a house crowd in Karachi.
“I might say they had been fairly disillusioned with the best way the workforce performed in that sport. It’s not about shedding the sport however the way you lose the sport that additionally issues and I don’t suppose Pakistan performed at their finest potential,” Pujara shared his ideas.
“I might query their strategy, particularly after they had been batting. They simply scored 22 runs within the first ten overs. That I really feel is unacceptable when you’re chasing greater than 300 runs. In order that strategy is mistaken,” he added.
He talked about Bangladesh’s batting efficiency towards India and defined how their strategy was the best option to go about it versus Pakistan who began extraordinarily gradual in a 300+ run chase.
“I imply there are occasions the place you lose the sport. Even if you happen to have a look at the best way Bangladeshi gamers batted yesterday within the energy play, they had been very aggressive. They stored shedding the wickets. However nonetheless, their intent was excellent,” he commented.
“There have been some brash pictures however that comes with the expertise. However their strategy was actually good. They had been attempting to place the bowlers underneath strain whereas the best way Pakistani batters had been batting within the energy play, they by no means regarded like placing any strain on the bowlers they usually had been attempting to outlive, they had been attempting to not get out and that’s not the best way you play ODI cricket,” he added.
Pujara feels that the 50-over sport warrants a extra proactive strategy the place the batters ought to try to get runs within the first 10 overs. He additionally talked about how the older ball could make life troublesome for the batter and you will need to rating runs early on when the fielders are contained in the circle.
“In ODI cricket, it’s good to be a bit brave, it’s good to take advantage of the ability play, particularly on gradual pitches the place the ball comes on properly. When the ball is tough and new. As soon as the ball will get a bit softer, as soon as it will get little older, it turns into a bit troublesome to time the ball. Even we noticed yesterday in India, Bangladesh sport, when you begin bowling slower balls into the pitch, you realize it turns into exhausting to hit the ball,” he concluded.
Pakistan will look to place their dismal efficiency towards the Kiwis behind them and look to redeem themselves as they tackle the Males in Blue of their second group-stage fixture within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on Sunday.