[Afghanistan] - Babar Azam states Pakistan's World Cup loss to Afghanistan was 'very unpleasant'

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Pakistan&s white-ball captain Babar Azam has said that his nation&s defeat against Afghanistan in the ICC Men&s Cricket World Cup 2023 was
&very painful.&&That match was very painful for me because losing to Afghanistan in a World Cup was a different kind of thing,& Babar said
in a podcast, A Sports reported.&I think they played very good cricket and we could not execute the way we should
We made efforts and we posted a good total but the way they both [Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah] played, it seemed they would not get out
on that pitch
The credit should be given to them as well.&So, that day was a hard day for me
I couldn&t sleep that day
It [defeat] hit me hard in the heart.&Babar Azam then went on to share how he overcame the setback, stating it takes time but experience
helps a person to handle such situations.&Look, it takes some time to overcome, a day or two
If you do well, you don&t sleep with excitement leave aside failures.&The more you play, the more you get experienced, you get to know how
to handle yourself.&Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in the ICC World Cup 2023.Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat
Shah scored half-centuries after Noor Ahmad&s 3/49 led Afghanistan to beat Pakistan.The eight-wicket victory marked Afghanistan&s first over
Pakistan in ODIs
The two sides had come face to face on seven occasions in the 50-over format.The post Babar Azam says Pakistan&s World Cup loss to
Afghanistan was ‘very painful& first appeared on Ariana News.