Fakhar Zaman on Pakistan win over New Zealand and semi-final chances

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Fakhar Zaman on Pakistan win over New Zealand at the Cricket World Cup and their semi-final chances

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00:00 Fakhar, congratulations on your amazing innings.

00:02 What was the plan? What was the great intent?

00:06 If it hadn't rained, you could have gone for a 402.

00:10 How happy are you about this win?

00:12 In the name of Allah, the most merciful, the most merciful.

00:14 Look, our target...

00:18 For us, every match is important to win.

00:21 Our plan was to play well on the first four overs.

00:26 After the ball-to-ball, the 400-meter target.

00:29 We wanted to be ahead of that target at all times.

00:31 We saw it from yesterday that it could rain in the match.

00:34 Our plan was to be ahead of the average at all times.

00:40 If the match was complete, we would have played like this.

00:45 The way we played, there was no turn or spin.

00:52 I think we could have chased this.

00:58 Fakhar, I will continue with this question.

01:00 From the toss to the end, the planning...

01:04 We saw a sign from inside.

01:07 Probably it was about the DLS calculation.

01:10 How much of a factor was the planning in this match?

01:13 Particularly the rain and everything.

01:15 How much did you think about it?

01:17 As I said, we knew it would rain from yesterday.

01:21 We sent a message to the management after 15 overs.

01:28 We knew that the DLS would not be applied before 20 overs.

01:37 We sent a message to them about the target for 20 overs.

01:41 Planning is very important at this stage.

01:44 Without planning, it is very difficult.

01:49 We planned yesterday and we were playing over and over again.

01:56 Fakhar, there was a time when you were struggling in the match.

02:06 What did you talk to your coach during that phase?

02:11 What conversations did you have with him?

02:14 In today's match or before?

02:15 During the World Cup, when you were on the sidelines...

02:20 When you were struggling in the nets...

02:25 I understood that.

02:28 What did you talk to your coach?

02:30 There are ups and downs at this level.

02:36 You play international cricket.

02:38 I was working off-time on my fitness.

02:45 I was injured.

02:47 Before that, I had 30 runs in the Asia Cup.

02:55 I was not having a good time.

02:58 I went to the academy of our fielding coach, Aftab Khan.

03:05 He told me that I was struggling with off-spinners.

03:08 He was an off-spinner at the time.

03:11 He worked with me a lot.

03:14 I used to come here regularly with the coaching staff.

03:20 We used to practice 30 minutes before the match.

03:24 Everyone worked hard.

03:27 I am talking about my hard work.

03:31 Everyone tried to give their best.

03:34 I was lucky to win the heading due to my performance.

03:38 Congratulations on winning the Pakistan Cup.

03:48 When you were on the wicket and Abdullah Shafiq was out on 4...

03:53 Pakistan's first wicket was lost.

03:55 What were you planning?

03:57 There was pressure on Pakistan.

03:59 How did you create momentum for the game?

04:03 You usually go for 2-6 shots.

04:07 You were a little slow today.

04:10 Did Babar explain to you or did you do it yourself?

04:14 We get an idea of how the wicket is played in the first 2 overs.

04:20 I asked him about the first over.

04:23 I asked him about the second over.

04:25 We decided that the wicket was good for batting.

04:28 We wanted to survive the first 4 overs.

04:31 Abdullah was out.

04:34 I knew that the wicket was good.

04:37 We discussed with Babar that there was no swing.

04:40 If we put in a partnership, it will be easier for us.

04:46 We had an idea that the wicket was good and we could achieve 400.

04:52 Fakhar, you spoke about your form before the Asia Cup.

04:58 How did you work in Peshawar?

05:01 You played a match after the World Cup and got injured.

05:06 Tell us about that time.

05:11 What was difficult for you?

05:13 What is the mindset like when you come to the World Cup with high hopes?

05:18 You get injured after a match.

05:20 Then the process to come back again.

05:23 Talk about that.

05:25 Everyone performs and plays in the big leagues.

05:31 Everyone says that they have done this and that.

05:34 When I got time off, I did not rest.

05:39 I stayed at home for 2 days and then went to Peshawar.

05:44 The coach who was with me, who also had an academy at home,

05:49 he used to come with me from Peshawar to work on that.

05:54 When you perform, everyone says that you have done this.

05:58 Everyone works hard.

06:00 I dedicate this inning to our fielding coach, Aftab Khan,

06:06 and his academy, Ibrahim Ladda.

06:10 The failure that he saw and shared with me,

06:15 and the time he gave me, I don't think anyone else would have given that.

06:19 You need people like that.

06:21 When you perform, you see hard work.

06:25 When you don't, you don't see that hard work.

06:30 During the World Cup, the team was going through a rough patch.

06:37 A lot of talks about Corner Tigers, 92,

06:41 same thing started coming up again.

06:43 As a team, how do you think that 92 can always...

06:48 Does the team draw inspiration from that?

06:50 Or do you prefer not to draw inspiration from that

06:53 rather than just win and forget about it?

06:56 The good thing about our team and management

07:00 is that they stay positive.

07:03 They always stay positive.

07:05 They never show us that we are out of the tournament.

07:09 They back each and every guy.

07:13 We still believe that we can play the semifinals and also finals.

07:17 But let's see, because now we are also looking

07:22 to the Sri Lanka and New Zealand game.

07:25 We are hopeful that we will go our way.

07:30 There is a saying in Hindi,

07:34 "It's late, but it's right, so what?"

07:37 If you look at the last T20 World Cup in Australia,

07:42 the start was slow.

07:44 But when you are in a position to win,

07:47 how does that inspiration come from?

07:49 We see this in every World Tournament.

07:52 How does it come from?

07:54 All of our team is very talented.

07:58 We play everywhere.

08:00 If you look at it from the beginning to the end,

08:03 we need a rhythm.

08:06 Sometimes we lose.

08:09 If you look at the South African game,

08:13 we lost, but we are getting better.

08:16 I think our team lacks a rhythm.

08:20 When we get it, we can do better.

08:24 In the last match, our bowlers did very well.

08:27 If you look at it, the bowlers made a good comeback.

08:31 The way they played the wicket,

08:33 I think we made 30-40 runs less than them.

08:38 But the main thing is that we have a rhythm.

08:42 I don't know if this question has been asked before,

08:48 because we are a part of the Pakistan Championship.

08:51 But did you have in mind to maintain the net run rate?

08:56 Did you take all the calculations?

09:00 Yes, absolutely.

09:02 We had the rain in mind.

09:05 If you are chasing 400 runs,

09:07 you have in mind that if you have to calculate 20 runs

09:11 because of the rain,

09:13 we had it in mind.

09:15 We got messages after every over or two overs.

09:19 We were planning to get ahead of them

09:22 at every time on the duck or loose.

09:27 When we went ahead and scored 10 runs,

09:31 we didn't even try to bowl.

09:35 We already knew that it was raining

09:38 and we were already ahead.

09:40 This was in our mind.

09:42 [inaudible]

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