'We thought we would win when...' - Shaan Masood's unique take on India vs Pakistan clash

Shaan Masood (Source: Twitter)

India and Pakistan played each other in the opening match of the 20-20 World Cup where India won a last-ball thriller against their arch-rivals. This was one of the games for the ages as the crowd were fully entertained courtesy of a Virat Kohli knock at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He scored an unbeaten 82 which gave India one of the most famous wins against Pakistan.

Pakistan had a woeful start to the 20-20 World Cup as they lost the first two games against India and Zimbabwe. He went on to say that a lot of things went in India’s favour during that match. The match was very eventful as India restricted Pakistan to just 159-8 in their 20 overs. Kohli changed the game in the last two balls of the 18th over by hitting Harris Rauf for two sixes and a long final over by Mohammad Nawaz helped India get home off the last ball. 

In the conference before the match against Bangladesh, Shaan Masood spoke about how if things had panned out their way, then the result would have been different. "We didn't capitalise on crucial moments. We lost in the final ball against India. At one stage we thought we would win when India required 28 runs in 8 balls. "A lot of things went in India's favour. They won the toss; the batting conditions became better when they came to bat. But overall, we played well." Masood said.

We shouldn't have let Zimbabwe score 130- Shaan Masood

He also spoke about the Zimbabwe match where he said, Pakistan could not get their act together with ball or bat. "We made mistakes against Zimbabwe. We didn't bowl well in Powerplay. We had Zimbabwe on 96/7, but let them go till 130. We also didn't bat well in the Powerplay, but Shadab and I covered it. We should have won us the game. Even after that, we only needed 3 runs in 3 balls.

"We could have won 4 out of 4 matches if we had capitalised on such situations. Yes, we have to be consistent, but this is a team game. In all games, someone or the other has performed," the middle-order batter added. Pakistan and Bangladesh are playing a virtual knockout match where the winner books a place in the semi-finals of the 20-20 World Cup