Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan lauded Virat Kohli’s match-winning century against his team, shutting down critics of the Indian batter before even addressing Pakistan’s defeat. With this loss, Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the Champions Trophy semi-finals came to an end.
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00:00Rizwan, I am sure you will also be disappointed like everyone else.
00:03So, what do you think is the biggest reason for the defeat?
00:07And Kohli always scores against Pakistan.
00:10People say he is out of form.
00:12If he had played against us, he would have scored a century.
00:14In the name of Allah, brother Rahman.
00:16First, let's talk about Virat Kohli.
00:18I am surprised at his hard work.
00:21What kind of hard work he must have done.
00:23Because the whole world says he is out of form.
00:25But in such a big match,
00:26which the whole world is waiting for,
00:29he comes and ruins it easily.
00:31Because we don't give him what we want.
00:33But he plays and gets out of us.
00:35It becomes a tough match.
00:36So, I will definitely praise his fitness level and hard work.
00:40The way he did it.
00:41Because he is a cricketer and we are also cricketers.
00:43But we tried our best to out him.
00:46But the way he took it,
00:47and the way he showed fitness,
00:48and the way he worked,
00:50it means he did a lot of hard work behind it.
00:52The whole world says he is out of form.
00:54But he did it in this big match.
00:56As far as the match is concerned,
00:58you are disappointed.
01:00Because when you lose,
01:01it is a difficult day for you.
01:03Difficult things come in front of you.
01:05Questions come.
01:06But if you look at it all,
01:08you can't say that it was a mistake.
01:10I mean, you can't say in such a department,
01:12except if you look at it,
01:14it was Ebrar's bowling which was the most positive in this match.
01:18Rest, we didn't say anything.
01:19All three departments made a mistake.
01:20That's why we are losing the match.
01:22Yes, Rizwan, Sajjad from PTV News.
01:26Do you think,
01:27how much expectation did you have for the middle order?
01:30And it didn't come true.
01:31And how much did you feel the lack of a spinner?
01:34Absolutely.
01:35Look, we have our expectations for the middle order.
01:37And before that, they performed well.
01:39And let me explain a little.
01:41Because in our meeting yesterday,
01:42it was decided that
01:43we had to score around 270-280 on this pitch.
01:47Because the outfield was slow,
01:49the pitch was slow.
01:50So the ball wasn't going into the gaps.
01:52So if we keep 280 in mind,
01:53it means we will get a 3-10 in the third round.
01:56And everyone knows that if it was 280,
01:58the result would have been different.
01:59But me and Saud tried to build a partnership.
02:03And we took a lot of time for that.
02:05But after that,
02:06I think our short selection was a little poor.
02:13And they got a chance to take the wicket.
02:16So after that,
02:17our middle order was under pressure.
02:19They built it.
02:20And because of the pressure,
02:21we weren't able to handle it.
02:25If you ask one question,
02:26you can ask another later.
02:27Okay, spinners.
02:28Rizwan,
02:29your coach was saying yesterday
02:32that the pace attack was your strength.
02:34But looking back,
02:36do you think having only one specialist spinner
02:39was a mistake?
02:42No, you can't say anything like that.
02:44We did a mistake with one spinner.
02:45Because he always gave me the one key spinner.
02:48If you look at that Indian team,
02:50they have Kuldeep as the front line spinner.
02:54Jadeja is a rounder.
02:56Raza Patel is a rounder.
02:57We also have Salman Ali Agha.
03:00They bowl very well in other countries as well.
03:02And Khujder Shah,
03:04they bowl very well in the past.
03:06So we need wickets in that particular time,
03:09in ODI especially.
03:11If we didn't take wickets in the middle order,
03:13you can't win the matches.
03:16But this is a question,
03:18I will give you the answer to that.
03:20We have three who always perform well.
03:22Shaheen, Naseem and Harith.
03:23They perform very well.
03:24But today was not a day,
03:25you can't say like that.
03:28Rizwan,
03:29looking back at the game,
03:31it seems that the basic mistakes were very big.
03:34When you and South Shakeel both got out very early.
03:37Then Jadeja took another wicket.
03:39After that, two regulation catches were also missed.
03:41So it seemed that when you were approaching this match,
03:44there was a timid approach.
03:46When you got such a big partnership in the middle overs,
03:49despite that,
03:50you were only able to make a total of 245.
03:54Look,
03:55honestly speaking,
03:56we made the same mistake
03:58that we are making in the past with four matches.
04:00We didn't make that mistake in this match
04:02that we didn't make a new mistake.
04:04In the past,
04:05we have been making the same mistake
04:07with four matches.
04:08We are working on it.
04:09Look,
04:10we are humans,
04:11our players,
04:12boys,
04:13we will keep making mistakes.
04:15We are trying to work on it,
04:17to work hard on it.
04:18Because,
04:19I believe that
04:20India's team worked harder than us today.
04:22Maybe they were braver than us.
04:24Apart from that,
04:25we gave them results.
04:26And we made mistakes.
04:27Maybe that's the reason
04:28that we didn't show bravery at one place.
04:30Maybe we lacked bravery there.
04:31Then we needed energy in our fielding.
04:33Maybe we lacked that energy.
04:35Because of which we made mistakes.
04:37Maybe we lacked those things.
04:38So you can say these things like this.
04:41Rizwan,
04:42Imam,
04:43he scored in the domestic match.
04:45So,
04:46he was in good form.
04:47But do you think that
04:48because of the absence of Fakhar Zaman,
04:49he only suffered losses in the opening overs?
04:51And then,
04:52other than Saud and yourself,
04:53you couldn't come back from it?
04:56Look,
04:57if you look at it,
04:58Sam Ayub suffered losses
04:59from that time itself.
05:00Because Sam Ayub
05:01was such a package for us
05:03because of which
05:04our entire team was settled down.
05:05But when Sam Ayub left,
05:07maybe our balance,
05:09our team's combination
05:11had a lot of impact.
05:12Then Fakhar came.
05:13Fakhar did the things
05:14that we required.
05:16Then Fakhar Zaman went.
05:17Then Imam came.
05:18Look,
05:19Imam Ul Haq is a different player.
05:21And Fakhar Zaman is a different player.
05:22So,
05:23you can't match both of them
05:24in any category.
05:25Because they have different calibers
05:27and different things.
05:28So,
05:29you can say that
05:30Fakhar Zaman
05:31might have been different.
05:32But,
05:33Imam was also good.
05:34Because we needed
05:35an open partnership.
05:36He was a little best.
05:37We had an open partnership
05:38till 41.
05:39But,
05:40I think
05:41these two players
05:42are big players.
05:43Imam Ul Haq
05:44and Baba Azam
05:45are big players.
05:46We can't expect
05:4720-30 points from them
05:48that they will give us
05:4920-30 points.
05:50But,
05:51they are weak people.
05:52So,
05:53maybe
05:54this was the reason.
05:55Rizwan,
05:56we are the defending champion
05:57of the Champions Trophy
05:58and also the host this time.
05:59So,
06:00is our journey
06:01of Champions Trophy
06:02over?
06:03Look,
06:04for now,
06:05we can say
06:06that it is over.
06:07This is the truth.
06:08Now,
06:09we know
06:10what Bangladesh does
06:11with New Zealand
06:12and what New Zealand
06:13does with India
06:14and what we do.
06:15So,
06:16it is a long journey.
06:17Yes,
06:18we have hope
06:19and belief
06:20from Allah.
06:21Now,
06:22our dependence
06:23on the Champions Trophy
06:24has come
06:25on someone else.
06:26And,
06:27as a captain,
06:28what do we say?
06:29Honestly,
06:30I don't like
06:31these things.
06:32If you can win
06:33in your own way,
06:34then do it.
06:35Otherwise,
06:36I don't care
06:37about sitting
06:38on the podium
06:39and
06:40winning.
06:41I don't care
06:42about these things.
06:43Yes,
06:44these people
06:45have defeated us.
06:46New Zealand
06:47and India
06:48have defeated us.
06:49We accept it.
06:50They played well.
06:51We played badly.
06:52We can't say
06:53that we should
06:54depend on anyone
06:55else.
06:56Allah has given us
06:57a chance.
06:58We can't
06:59say anything
07:00about it.
07:01Rizwan,
07:02the match
07:03is over.
07:04It is useless
07:05to talk about it.
07:06Now,
07:07if
07:08there was
07:09another
07:10spinner
07:11with you,
07:12would it
07:13have been
07:14different?
07:15Look,
07:16you said
07:17that the
07:18match is
07:19over.
07:20Now,
07:21listen to me.
07:22Ibrahim,
07:23you take
07:24one spinner
07:25in your team.
07:26You can't
07:27take five
07:28genuine
07:29bowlers
07:30in the
07:31ODI
07:32team.
07:33Naseem,
07:34Shaheen,
07:35Haris,
07:36we have
07:37selected
07:38the best
07:39bowlers in
07:40Pakistan.
07:41Salman
07:42Ali
07:43Agha
07:44and Khush
07:45Dil Shah
07:46were
07:47selected.
07:48If you
07:49take two
07:50genuine
07:51bowlers,
07:52it means
07:53that you
07:54have five
07:55genuine
07:56bowlers
07:57and six
07:58genuine
07:59batsmen.
08:00You
08:01can't
08:02combine
08:03them.
08:04So,
08:05I will
08:06still
08:07tell you
08:08that you
08:09can't
08:10go with
08:11five
08:12genuine
08:13bowlers.
08:14You
08:15can go
08:16with T20
08:17but
08:18ODI
08:19is a
08:20long
08:21format.
08:22You
08:23can't
08:24go with
08:25that.
08:26Thank
08:27you.