Sachin Tendulkar: “I thought he was confused because when Wahab (Riaz) was bowling he had a short midwicket. And when Shadab (Khan) came on to bowl he had a slip for him”

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Iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has criticised Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed for looking “confused” during his side’s World Cup clash against India on Sunday.

In addition to Sarfraz’s captaincy struggles, Tendulkar also felt that the men in green “lacked imagination”.

Pakistan lost their match to India in Manchester by 89 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

India’s victory extended their unbeaten streak against Pakistan as they have now won all seven of their meetings against their arch-rivals in the World Cup.

“I thought he was confused because when Wahab (Riaz) was bowling he had a short midwicket. And when Shadab (Khan) came on to bowl he had a slip for him. In these conditions it becomes difficult for a leg-spinner to grip the ball, especially when he’s not getting the right line and length. That is not the right way to approach a big game,” Tendulkar told India Today.

“They lacked imagination, lacked out of the box thinking. If the ball is not moving around much, you don’t continue bowling over the wicket, Wahab went around the wicket but it was too late by then. Hasan (Ali) was the only guy to get the ball to move off the surface. I would have told them to change the angle and do something different. I never thought we were going to lose a wicket.”

Pakistan’s next World Cup match will be against South Africa at Lord’s on Sunday.

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