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Pakistan’s Babar Azam being bowled by India’s Axar Patel. (PTI Photo)<\/p>\n
NEW DELHI: India\u2019s emphatic 61-run demolition of Pakistan in the T20 World Cup has triggered an extraordinary outpouring of anger and anguish from former Pakistan great Mohammad Yousuf, who described the current phase as \u201cthe darkest period in our cricketing history.\u201dGo Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>The defeat extended Pakistan\u2019s dismal World Cup record against India, who have now won eight of nine T20 World Cup meetings and all eight ODI World Cup clashes between the rivals. On Sunday night, Suryakumar Yadav<\/a>\u2019s side piled up 175\/7, powered by a blistering 77 from Ishan Kishan<\/a>, before bowling Pakistan out for 114 in 18 overs to storm into the Super Eights alongside the West Indies. <\/p>\n Fans Troll Pakistan, Viral Video Shows PCB Chief Naqvi Leaving Stadium Amid India\u2019s Crushing Win<\/p>\n Soon after the defeat, Yousuf vented his frustration on social media, writing, \u201cTime\u2019s up for Shaheen, Babar, and Shadab, Pakistan\u2019s T20 squad needs new performers, not empty wins against weaker sides.\u201d A day later, his criticism deepened. \u201cUnless we remove political influence and personal agendas from Pakistan cricket, we cannot return to the team we once were. This is the darkest period in our cricketing history, and my heart bleeds for it. Incompetent individuals must be removed from office and from the team,\u201d he posted on X.Pakistan\u2019s collapse was swift and brutal. Chasing 176, they were 13\/3 inside three overs after early strikes from Hardik Pandya<\/a> and Jasprit Bumrah. When Axar Patel bowled Babar Azam for five, the scoreboard read 34\/4 and the contest was effectively over. Usman Khan\u2019s 44 provided brief resistance, but a reckless charge at Axar ended his stay and triggered another collapse.Earlier, Kishan had set the tone with fearless strokeplay, bringing up his fifty in just 27 balls. \u201cI was just keeping it simple and watching the ball,\u201d Kishan said, while Suryakumar added, \u201cAfter we were 0-1, someone had to take responsibility and the way he took it was amazing.\u201dFor Pakistan, however, the conversation has shifted beyond one defeat. Yousuf\u2019s stinging words have framed it as something deeper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pakistan’s Babar Azam being bowled by India’s Axar Patel. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India\u2019s emphatic 61-run demolition of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,40807,740,42163,7871,227000,100736,11885,10388,109330,85,58866,48682],"class_list":{"0":"post-483633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-babar-azam","11":"tag-cricket","12":"tag-hardik-pandya","13":"tag-india-vs-pakistan-cricket","14":"tag-ishan-kishan","15":"tag-mohammad-yousuf","16":"tag-pakistan-cricket","17":"tag-pakistan-national-cricket-team","18":"tag-shaheen-afridi","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-suryakumar-yadav","21":"tag-t20-world-cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}