Dubbing Pakistan’s performance against India as one of the worst in the country’s history, coach Mickey Arhur said his team is going through a “confidence crisis”. Pakistan suffered an embarrassing nine-wicket loss to India in the Super Four clash of the Asia Cup 2018 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. This was Pakistan’s second loss to India in the tournament after they were outclassed in the group stage.
“We are not abandoning them. Yes, they are suffering a bit of confidence crisis at the moment. There is fear of failure in the dressing room. There is a bit reality check of where we are as a cricket team,” Arthur told reporters.
“In terms of worst performance, nine wickets has to be up there. India have very good players. If we give them an inch, they are going to make us pay and they did just that,” he said.
“Our strike rates were not good enough with the bat. With the ball, we need to strike early against these guys. We had a couple of chances, we didn’t take them. When you get these guys chances on wickets like these, they dominate you,” Arthur said dissecting the loss.
“We need to get into their middle-order as quick as we can that’s when we can inflict most damage” he added.
