Fakhar Zaman on his quickfire 81 as Pakistan race to seven wicket world cup win in 33 overs

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00:00 Salam Alaikum, I am Akbar M. Shriq. Converting from Fakhri Jama to Fakhri Aden,

00:09 you could have been the Fakhri Aden by scoring a century here where Nasir Jamshed scored Salman but I think he also scored.

00:18 So you could have been a little bit consistent to yourself as a Fakhri Aden. What do you say?

00:26 Exactly, but the situation we are in at the moment, we were looking to chase it in 28-29 overs.

00:38 Otherwise it was very easy for me to get to 100 after 50 overs. But our goal was to achieve the target within 30-29 overs.

01:05 Was your bowling unit, especially the pace bowlers, bowling short of length against Saki Balasand?

01:12 Was that an intentional plan against him because he is getting out in short balls?

01:19 To be honest, I don't know exactly about that. But whenever we are playing against Bangladesh,

01:25 most of the time we plan for the bouncer, so maybe that's the captain and bowler's plan. But I am not sure about that.

01:35 What are your expectations for the semi-final after four defeats?

01:47 Any win in the World Cup gives you confidence and we were waiting for that.

01:56 We are still on the ips and butts, but we will try to win the next two matches with good run rates.

02:04 Our target is the semi-final and we will try to achieve that.

02:09 You mentioned that you were working on your sidelines and you felt that your batting was improving.

02:20 But we are also looking at the bowlers and they are using their conditions well.

02:26 Do you think that the team will be in the execution phase and we have collected the data?

02:33 Yes, we have collected the data and we are trying to improve our bowlers and batters.

02:43 We are trying to have more accuracy in our bowlers and batters.

03:03 You were out of the tournament for six matches and you were hungry for a win.

03:13 Can you say that you are the best in the tournament?

03:19 Yes, I was batting in nets and I was expecting a good ball.

03:28 I think that it is easy to bat for batsmen in India.

03:39 The boundaries are not that big and I will try to perform well in the next two matches.

03:50 You were performing well in the team and you were injured. How much do you feel that you have performed well?

04:02 I could have played at any time in the injury.

04:07 If the team needed me, I could have played.

04:12 I will try to play as much as I can in the team.

04:28 India and Pakistan have a big match and it makes a difference.

04:48 If I say that cricket is not my forte, then it is wrong.

04:58 We have played against South Africa and we have also played in batting and bowling.

05:18 I am hoping that we will improve in the next matches.

05:35 Pakistan has played one bowler less and one batter more.

05:50 Iftihar Ahmed is playing 7-8 overs in every match.

06:05 He should be able to bowl 10 overs and put a batsman in the team.