Mohammad Rizwan talks about the turning point for the Pakistan Team in the 20-20 World Cup 2022

Mohammad Rizwan (Source: Twitter)

Pakistan had a rough start to the 20-20 World Cup 2022 as they suffered back-to-back defeats against India and Zimbabwe. Pakistan were staring at the brink of elimination at one stage in the 20-20 World Cup 2022. But it all changed for them in quick time as they now made it to the finals of the showpiece event.

Pakistan will play their second 20-20 World Cup final on Sunday when they take on England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Men in Green have won a 20-20 World Cup title in 2009. After Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals, Mohammad Rizwan shed light on the conversation that he had with Saqlain Mushtaq after their four-wicket defeat to India.

“Agar honestly pucha jae na jab humlog pehli dafa aap logo se match haare the, humare coach aksar keheta hai ki humlog kuch different karne wale hai. Saqlain bhai especially keheta hain. Pehla match humlog haar gaye. India ne jeeta huya match humse le gaya. Phir Saqlain bhai ne kaha ki woh cheeze puri ho rahi hai jo humlogo ne chaya kuch different hoga aab. Maine bola abhi nehi huya, kahi kuch ek upset hone wala hai. Zimbabwe se jab haare tab Saqlain bhai ne kaha aab woh cheeze puri ho rahi aur aab yaha e humlog final keliye qualify karenge. But phir woh Netherlands and South Africa wala jo match tha. Duae bohot ki thi, pure Pakistan ne ki thi. Aur humlog pavilion se match dekh rahe the. Woh match jaise humlog ne enjoy kiya aur koi match nehi kiya." Rizwan said. 

(If you honestly ask me, when we lost to India in the first game Saqlain told me that there would be something different that would happen. I told him, ‘Not yet because there would be some upset somewhere’. When he lost to Zimbabwe, Saqlain told me the same thing. But then the match that happened between Netherlands and South Africa. We were watching from the pavilion. We did not enjoy any other match like we did in that game),” he said.