Former Australian cricket legend and Pakistan team mentor Matthew Hayden has said that Mohammad Haris’ batting against South Africa was the turning point for Babar-Azam led Pakistan team in the tournament.
He said that knock boosted players confidence on taking on big names bowlers.
“Haris was magnificent. That was a real turning point for our team. When he walked in to bat, it was basically a breath of fresh air that awakened Pakistan’s batting lineup,” said Hayden in the pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
Haris came to bat when Pakistan were 4/1 in the first over, though did not take a backward step, plundering 28 from 11 balls in a vicious counter-attack, with two fours and three sixes.
“It wasn’t the Babar and Rizwan show, the batting lineup had to dig deep. And Shadab on that occasion was unbelievable, the middle-order having to definitely stand up,” Hayden said.
“(Haris is a) great story, a really significant story of any World Cup. Not even in the squad and now performing like he should have been there from the start,” he added.
Pakistan capitalised on the Proteas collapse, beating Bangladesh to book semifinals meeting with New Zealand at the SCG on Wednesday.
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