KARACHI:

When Babar Azam tried to smash one ball over the cover boundary with a significant amount of runs needed to beat Zimbabwe in the second T20I, and considerably less balls remaining, every cricket fan in the country only had one thought in mind – what if this was a T20 World Cup match?



Pakistan were stunned in the second T20I on Friday by a lowly Zimbabwe, who before the series against the Men in Green weren’t even sure about their final eleven.

The 19-run defeat, although very disappointing, has a lot of lessons in it and if looked at smartly, can help Pakistan iron out the flaws in their T20I cricket before they face all the big guns in this year’s T20 extravaganza.