Pakistan's Rauf says 焦点(を合わせる)d on cricket, not 批評 at T20 World Cup

Pakistan's Haris Rauf (L) says the team is focused on their next games and are trying to block out the wave of criticism that has followed their poor start to the T20 World Cup

Pakistan's Haris Rauf (L) says the team is 焦点(を合わせる)d on their next games and are trying to 封鎖する out the wave of 批評 that has followed their poor start to the T20 World Cup

Pakistani 急速な/放蕩な bowler Haris Rauf on Saturday said the team was trying to shut out the noise and 焦点(を合わせる) after a 激流 of 批評 over their shock loss to Zimbabwe at the Twenty20 World Cup.

Pakistan will take on the Netherlands in Perth on Sunday to try and stay alive in the tournament after nailbiting one-run 敗北・負かすs to Zimbabwe and arch-競争相手s India.

Former Pakistani 星/主役にするs 含むing Shoaib Akhtar and Javed Miandad slammed the team for their poor start to the World Cup, 述べるing their batting as "shameful" during the loss to Zimbabwe.

"It is people's 職業 to talk, so they will talk. You 直面する 批評 in any sport you play," Rauf told reporters.

"We ha ve come here to play a tournament and our 焦点(を合わせる) is on that. So we try not to listen to them (ex-players and pundits) much and play our game. Even some 肯定的な talk can 傷つける you and 消極的な talk can also 傷つける you."

Pakistan 証言,証人/目撃するd a special 業績/成果 in their first match of the tournament from superstar batsman Virat Kohli as India chased 負かす/撃墜する 160 on the final ball at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground.

But it was the second loss against the 11th-階級d Zimbabwe that stung their 支持者s more as the Pakistani batting 顔触れ choked while chasing a modest 130.

They ended a run short of Zimbabwe's total, with two run-outs on the last two balls of the innings.

- 'We have belief' -

Rauf said にもかかわらず the 敗北・負かすs, 意気込み/士気 was high in the Pakistani (軍の)野営地,陣営.

"We 港/避難所't had the 肉親,親類d of start that we 手配中の,お尋ね者. But the team 意気込み/士気 is good," the paceman said, 追加するing that the games against Zimbabwe and India were の近くに.

"There is 傷つける but we have belief in each other's abilities. We have 社債d 井戸/弁護士席, sat together and tried to 演説(する)/住所 our mistakes," he said.

And while the Netherlands have also lost both their 最高の 12 matches, Rauf 強調する/ストレスd that Pakistan will not be taking the challenge lightly.

"There is no weak or strong team in a World Cup. Everyone playing an international game and has come to 勝利,勝つ the cup," said Rauf.

Netherlands coach Ryan Cook said Saturday his team was ready for the Pakistan 衝突/不一致.

"We've 明白に seen that Pakistan team is beatable, so that's good to know," said Cook.

"Playing them in the World 最高の League not so long ago in the Netherlands has given us a lot of 信用/信任 because we (機の)カム やめる clo se in those matches. Hoping to get over the line this time."

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