'Average Mindset' - Shahid Afridi Unhappy With Babar Azam's 'Intent' While Setting Target

Pakistan are in the final of the ongoing New Zealand tri-series, but Shahid Afridi is not happy with the side, as per Times Now.??

Reason for being furious

The former all-rounder slammed Babar Azam for his mindset after the latter's comments at the toss of the first game against Bangladesh.

Pakistan were batting first and the skipper said they were looking at a target of 160 in the first innings.?

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"Babar must come out of this average mindset and think big. If scoring 160 runs for the target against Bangladesh was his big intent, then what is he going to do against stronger teams," said Afridi.?

Pakistan won by 21 runs as Bangladesh made 146 in response to 167.?

Openers' Responsibility?

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"The actual thing is the beginning. Babar and Rizwan should score the chunk of runs. Rizwan shouldn't listen to anyone," he added.?

Track record

Pakistan open their account in the T20 World Cup vs India on October 23.?

In the 2021 edition, Pakistan made it to the semis.?

Babar and Rizwan need to fire for them to post big totals.??