Pakistan's Arafat Minhas on their ICC U19 Cricket World Cup semi-final loss to Australia

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Pakistan's Arafat Minhas on their devastating ICC U19 Cricket World Cup semi-final loss to Australia by 1 wicket

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00:00 [ Inaudible Remark ]

00:21 >> We need-- oh, sorry.

00:22 Do you mind just moving across a little bit?

00:24 Just 'cause you're in shot.

00:25 >> Is it fine?

00:26 >> Yeah.

00:26 >> OK. Are we good?

00:29 >> OK. Thank you very much everyone for joining us here

00:31 for this post-match press conference.

00:33 We're joined by Arafat Minaz of Pakistan.

00:35 We'll take a couple of questions first

00:38 in English before we switch to Urdu.

00:40 Arafat, can you just sum up your immediate reaction

00:44 to that game today?

00:44 >> Yeah. First of all, I'm sad because it's part of game

00:50 but our team performed really well throughout the World Cup.

00:55 This match cost us just I think shots,

00:59 five-run shots or four-run shots.

01:01 So we were one wicket away and this type

01:05 of crucial matches are really heartbreaking.

01:07 We were really hopeful for the finals

01:10 but our team performed really well.

01:12 I'm proud of my team and everyone,

01:14 each individual performed really well throughout the tournament.

01:17 So I'm glad that we will move forward

01:21 and we will take the performances ahead

01:23 in the senior team and I'm really happy of my team

01:26 and my team management is really helpful

01:29 and cooperative with us.

01:30 It's their-- actually they made us--

01:37 they made us possible to reach the semifinals

01:44 so they made us perform well.

01:47 It's their contribution as well.

01:49 >> You mentioned there about being a few runs short

01:53 from what you would have wanted.

01:55 What were you saying in the dressing room at the break

01:59 to try and pick the team up to defend that low total?

02:02 >> Yeah, we defended the total before as well

02:07 against Bangladesh so we were hopeful.

02:09 We defended 150 around something

02:12 so it was 30 runs more than the last game

02:16 but we were hopeful and our bowlers did really well

02:21 throughout but I think we leaked runs in some in the filling

02:26 and we were 20 to 30 runs short in the batting as well

02:28 if I could have stayed on the pitch a little bit longer

02:31 so we could have made more runs.

02:32 >> Yeah, okay, perfect.

02:34 Thank you.

02:34 I'll just hand over for Urdu questions now.

02:36 >> [Foreign language] The whole nation is proud of you.

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02:47 >> Throughout the tournament,

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07:06 >> Great. I don't think there are any other questions.

07:09 Thank you very much.

07:10 >> Thank you.

07:11 [ Silence ]

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