Following his team’s 89-run (via DLS method) defeat to India, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed maintained that the decision to bowl first after winning the toss was a correct one and put faith on his side to bounce back from the situation they are in.
"The whole team is not performing well in all three departments. If you talk about fielding, even Virat Kohli had said that he would have fielded.
We haven’t seen the pitch for two days. There was some moisture and hence I decided on fielding. We won a good toss but didn’t hit the right length,” said Sarfaraz.
Although it's a Herculean task for a team placed ninth among the 10 competing nations but he said that the endeavour is to win the remaining four games, said Sarfaraz.
"We should try to be positive and think like, okay we didn't play good cricket but let's try and win four games in order to bounce back," he added.
A defeat against India inevitably gives rise to conspiracy theories and the post match media interaction was no different.
“Why is it that the players’ body language is so negative?” asked one of the scribes. The manner in which Sarfaraz kept his counsel was remarkable.
"May be you guys have seen something in the body language but players are trying their best. Their has been fielding lapses. Rohit could have been run-out twice and had we availed those chances, it could have been a different result." Another one asked, "Have all players been physically and mentally fit to take on India?" "There are no issues with anyone. Imad Wasim (gastric problem) had an issue but everyone had passed the fitness test. Now that we have lost, you can raise the issue."
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