Pakistan vs Australia, Live Updates ICC World Twenty20 2016: Pakistan take on Australia in must-win clash
Pakistan take on Australia in a must-win ICC World Twenty20 clash in Mohali on Friday. The Shahid Afridi-led unit, if they win today, keep their semis hopes alive because of a good run-rate. Australia, with advantage of an extra game to play, wouldn’t want to slip at this stage in the group of death. Catch live cricket updates and live news from the ICC World Twenty20 match here. (STATS || POINTS TABLE || FIXTURES)
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The build-up
We have to play better: Steve Smith
Australia have been the most successful team in the 50-over World Cup but are yet to win the T20 showpiece event. (Source: Reuters)
Australia will have to play better cricket than what they have managed to do so far in the World T20 to have a shot at reaching the semifinals, captain Steve Smith said on Thursday.
There is bad mood rising in the Pakistan camp
Pakistan coach Waqar Younis during a training session in Mohali on Wednesday. (Source: Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)
It’s a mood story: A bad mood story.
Waqar Younis’s tone at the press conference after the 22-run loss to New Zealand at the PCA Stadium late on Monday, wasn’t as much sarcastic as it was bilious. To a more detached mind, it might have felt a bit of an over-reaction given that the loss, Pakistan’s second in the tournament, hasn’t completely shut the door on them.
There is no groupism in the team: Shehzad
Ahmed Shehzad said that after reciting the Kalma he swears he tried his best to secure victory.(Source: AP)
Pakistan’s experienced opener, Ahmed Shehzad has squashed speculations of groupism in the team, saying he didn’t under-performed deliberately during the World Twenty20 match against New Zealand to undermine skipper Shahid Afridi.
