IND vs PAK: 'World was saying that...', Mohammad Rizwan surprised by Virat Kohli's century
Mohammad Rizwan On Virat Kohli: After losing the Champions Trophy against India, the whole of Pakistan is in shock. Fans are crying and cricket experts are venting their anger. With the help of Virat Kohli's century, Team India got a spectacular victory by 6 wickets. This is India's second win in two matches and its place in the semi-finals is almost confirmed. On the other hand, the Pakistan team is caught in a maze of ifs and buts. Now it has to depend on the results of other teams.
After losing the Champions Trophy against India, the whole of Pakistan is in shock. Fans are crying and cricket experts are venting their anger.
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With the help of Virat Kohli's century, Team India got a spectacular victory by 6 wickets.
Rizwan's pain spilled
After losing the match against India, the pain of Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan has come to the fore. He said in the post-match press conference that his players are constantly repeating the same mistake and admitted that after the defeat against India here, his team's Champions Trophy campaign is almost over.
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Before India, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 60 runs. Its last match in Group A will be against Bangladesh on February 27.
Our journey is over: Rizwan
Rizwan told reporters after the match, "Our journey is almost over. Now we have to depend on the result of other matches. As a captain, I do not like such a situation. We should have written our own fate."
Virat was praised
Rizwan credited Virat Kohli for India's victory, who scored his 51st century in ODIs and fourth against Pakistan, he praised Kohli a lot. Rizwan said, "I am surprised by the hard work Virat Kohli did. The world is saying that he is not in form, but he scored runs easily in such a big match. We tried our best to get them out, but we could not do so.''
Rizwan admitted the team's mistake
Rizwan said, ''As far as the match is concerned, we are definitely disappointed. We made mistakes in all three departments. We failed to get wickets in the middle overs.'' Pakistan had to face defeat in two matches against New Zealand in the tri-series before the Champions Trophy. Rizwan said that his team has not been able to learn from the mistakes.
He said, ''To be honest, we are constantly repeating the same mistakes that we made in the previous matches. We tried from our side, but I think it was not enough because the Indian team tried better than us.''