Pakistan should have played match against West Indies with aggression, laments Afridi

“After the sixth over, the match was out of our hands,” laments Afridi, saying time off will help team improve.

KARACHI: Shahid Afridi on Wednesday said that he thought that the cricket team performed very well overall during the World Twenty20 World Cup, Express News reported, before adding that they should have played the match with more aggression.

Speaking to the media at the Jinnah International Airport on Wednesday evening after returning from Bangladesh, Afridi said that the team should have played with aggression.

“We wanted to play well in the last match, but unfortunately we couldn’t,” he said.

Afridi tweeted on Wednesday evening applogising for not living up to the expectation of the nation on behalf of entire team.

He also thanked supporters for supporting the national team throughout the World Twenty20 Cup.

On behalf of our team, really apologetic that we didn't come up with an exact answer to my nation. Tks for all ur support throughout the wc.

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) April 2, 2014

Commenting on the team’s disappointing performance during their last match against West Indies, he said: “We should have played the match with aggression.”

Afridi said that for the first 16 overs in the first innings, Pakistan bowled well against West Indies, adding that their performance went downhill after the sixth over in the second innings.

“After the sixth over, the match was out of our hands.”

The all-rounder praised his team and said that they will improve during the time that they have off.

“The players that Pakistan has are good. These four-five months the team doesn’t play cricket, we can train and work towards improving our performance,” he said.