Suryakumar Yadav Press Conference: On Ishan vs Sanju injury, Tilak Varma and Washington Sundar
Australia’s struggles against spin continued as left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz took a career-best 5-18 on the slow wicket. Earlier, Shaheen Shah Afridi cleaned up Australia’s top order, dismissing skipper Mitchell Marsh and Matt Renshaw in his first two overs. Nawaz later removed Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green, Josh Philippe and Cooper Connolly to complete a five-wicket haul, leaving Australia 96 in just 16.5 overs. Captain Salman Ali Agha praised his team’s performance. “Over the last two days we have been excellent in all departments, I can’t find any faults. We dominated them. I am in a great mood at the moment. I know how to handle captaincy when I go into bat and I really want to do that in the World Cup as well,” he said. Australia captain Marsh admitted that the visitors were outplayed throughout the series. “Chasing is tough on that surface… we will learn from it. We will definitely focus on this series and look forward to the World Cup,” he said. Pakistan won the first two matches by 19 and 90 runs and now enter the T20 World Cup on a dominant note, showing both batting firepower and spin mastery.