Pakistani opener Sahibzada Farhan said that the team at the Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi feels confident before the Super 4 match against Sri Lanka.
In their previous Super 4 match against India on Sunday, September 21st in Dubai Pakistan’s bats showed a clear improvement and Farhan scored an important 58 runs Although the team lost six goals.
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“In my opinion, as we played today, and the way our tabs went, the boys are very confident. The goal is true, the ball comes nicely and because it is a Do-or-Die match, we are determined to win,” Farhan said at a press conference before the match.
Farhan said that Pakistan was pleased with their start against India and in the first 10 overs scored 91 runs, while only lost the goal of Fakhara Zaman. However, the team lost dynamics in later stages, managed only 80 runs in the last 10 breaks, and Farhan added that Pakistan had to deal with this area of their launching.
“In my opinion, what we missed in the last match was the use of PowerPlay because we lost early goals and it put pressure on Batsmens. Today, except Fakhar, we did not lose early goals and we had a very good start – about 90 runs in the first 10 overs.
After their defeat in India, Pakistan fell to the bottom of the Super Four Table with a clean running rate of -0.689. After facing Sri Lanka, they will play 25 in Dubai’s last super Four match against Bangladesh Litton Das.
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Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
22 September 2025
Tune
