2nd Semi-Final: Pakistan v India at Mohali, Wed March 30

[La_Parisienne]

Re: 2nd Semi-Final: Pakistan v India at Mohali, Wed March 30

@Delray_Burgess

That first costly spell by Umar Gul ultimately came back to bite us in the bum.

Some terrible batting too. Awful shot by Hafeez, inpatience by Younis (who is supposed to be a leader), another no-show from Razzaq and snails pace by Misbah

anyone of the several things IMO, because the difference was just about 30 runs! so it could have been:

1. the Umar Gul generosity
2. the missed catches
3. allowing Bhajji & after to score (I think Pak particularly lost focus at that point - afridi was over confident at that point and went on autopilot)
4. bad powerplay strategy
5. Misbah not understanding the ‘run flow’ framework of the inning

If anyone of these 5 factors went differently, each representing 30 runs, results would have been different. Of the 5, I think #3 was the worst impact