Why psychologist? Wasim Akram’s answer, Najmul Hossain Shanto was batting calmly for 54 runs at one stage of the match. Everything was going well. When they were 73 for two, I thought they would go up to 160. Then Shanta came out and bowled while playing a strange shot. Had it been a single, the score would have been at least 155. Bangladesh stopped at 127/8.

Disappointed Akram thinks that the Bangladeshi batsmen should have watched and listened to Shaheen Afridi. In international cricket, a certain bowler is brought into the attack by the captain to take wickets. Then there is no shot to play. The score should be kept up depending on the singles in that particular over. But the Bangladeshi batsmen killed Shaheen to play

“He made up his mind”, said former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram. Shaheen Afridi took four wickets for 22 runs in the match, his career-best bowling performance in T20 international cricket. Pakistan won by five wickets and booked their ticket to the semi-finals.