Lahore: Shahid Afridi blamed Misbah-ul-Haq’s slow batting for the defeat in the 2011 World Cup semi-finals.
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In an interview to a foreign news agency, former captain Shahid Afridi said that Misbah-ul-Haq took a long time to settle down in the match, he needed to score fast at that time, remember that Pakistan chased 261 runs in this match. I was out at 231, Misbah-ul-Haq played an innings of 56 off 76 balls, Younis Khan scored only 13 off 32 balls.
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Later on the social networking site Shahid Afridi released a message that my statement in the interview was presented out of context, the defeat was due to the team’s failure to bat, the batsmen including me could not bear the pressure, no An individual cannot be blamed.
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