The defeat by archrivals India then left Babar’s side with a mountain to climb to advance.India and USA bagged the two Super Eight slots from Group A while Pakistan finished third after Sunday’s laboured three-wicket victory against Ireland.
“Thank you so much for supporting us, and sorry for that performance,” Babar said after the match in Florida.
“I know the fans and the team are saddened by this. It is not any one player’s fault. We all made a mistake.”
Babar had stepped down as captain of all three formats after Pakistan failed to make the knockout stage of the 50-over World Cup in India last year, but was reinstated as white-ball skipper ahead of the 20-overs showpiece in the US and the West Indies.
Amid subpar performances at the tournament, talk of rifts within the camp surfaced, while Pakistan Cricket Board’s chief promised “major surgery” on the team after their exit was confirmed last week.
Pakistan’s batting was a huge disappointment as they failed to make the most of the powerplay overs and could not get partnerships established.All-rounder Imad Wasim has said the team needed a complete reset of their approach to white-ball cricket and Babar agreed.
“Every player has to think because cricket has become very fast. With modern cricket, you must have game awareness,” he said.
“You know that the strike rate here is [low] … I think it’s about game awareness and common sense.”Rory McIlroy’s pre-tournament prediction that he was “closer than ever” to ending his major drought came true at the US Open, although it still wasn’t enough to claim the elusive victory.
McIlroy stood on the 14th tee at Pinehurst No 2 on Sunday two shots ahead of overnight leader Bryson DeChambeau and in prime position to win a first major title in 3,598 days, only to leave the course less than 90 minutes later having let victory slip through his grasp.The Northern Irishman failed to get up and down from off the green to save par at the par-three 15th and then inexplicably missed from inside three feet at the next, the first putt in 497 attempts he has missed from that distance all season, with back-to-back bogeys dropping him back tied for the lead.
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Stream PGA Tour, DP World Tour, majors and more with NOW...McIlroy hit an errant drive off the final tee and failed to convert his par putt from less than four feet, dropping him back to five under and leaving him watching on in disbelief as DeChambeau snatched victory in dramatic fashion.
The latest major near-miss is McIlroy's second successive runner-up finish at the US Open and part of a run of six consecutive top-10s at the event without success, with the former world No 1 still searching for a fifth major victory and first since the 2014 PGA Championship.None of McIlroy's 21 top-10s in majors since that one-shot win at Valhalla have been closer to a return to the winner's circle than this latest effort, which leaves him stuck on the total of four majors he has been stranded on for the past decade.
A visibly upset McIlroy declined to speak to the media post-round and had already left the property before DeChambeau had lifted the US Open trophy for a second time, with the latest heartbreak only raising further doubts on when - or if - he will claim another major title.
Pakistan’s failure down to poor batting, Babar says
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has said the team’s batting let them down at the Twenty20 World Cup as he apologised to fans for failing to reach the Super Eight stage.
Pakistan fell to the tournament’s biggest upset when the USA, a tier-two member of the game, beat the 2009 champions via Super Over.
