{"id":59066,"date":"2024-02-12T04:19:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T04:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/saad-baig-reflects-on-pakistans-narrow-loss-in-u19-world-cup-semifinal\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T04:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T04:19:09","slug":"saad-baig-reflects-on-pakistans-narrow-loss-in-u19-world-cup-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/saad-baig-reflects-on-pakistans-narrow-loss-in-u19-world-cup-semifinal\/","title":{"rendered":"Saad Baig reflects on Pakistan\u2019s narrow loss in U19 World Cup semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:45\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:45\">Pakistan lost by 1 wicket to Australia in a close match.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"4:1-4:48\">Baig admits they were short by 10-20 runs.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:24\">Praises team effort, especially Ali Raza\u2019s bowling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following a nail-biting match in the 2024 U19 World Cup on Thursday, Pakistan U19 captain Saad Baig shared his thoughts after Pakistan\u2019s one-wicket defeat to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>In the match, Pakistan was defending a modest target of 180 runs. They were on the verge of victory, needing just one more wicket, but Australia\u2019s Raf MacMillan remained calm under pressure and scored a boundary off the first ball of the final over against Mohammad Zeeshan.<\/p>\n<p>Baig conceded that their team fell short by about 10 to 20 runs, but he also acknowledged the team\u2019s hard work in the closely fought match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDifficult to accept as a losing team. We were short by 10 or 20 runs. We put in a lot of effort, and we played well. Boys fought really well. The way Ali Raza bowled was brilliant. All the team fought really well. I think that we were short of runs. The lack of runs, maybe 15-20 runs,\u201d Baig expressed post-match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we played well, fought well. But Australia played very well. All the boys throughout the tournament were brilliant. Our bowling was really well in the tournament. As a captain, I am proud to be leading a country. One team has to lose, one has to win. Doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, an exciting chase was set up as Pakistan made a comeback thanks to the efforts of Ali Raza and Arafat Minhas. Despite this, Australia managed to edge past Pakistan by the smallest of margins.<\/p>\n<p>The chase was thrilling as Pakistan, led by Ali Raza and Arafat Minhas, made a strong comeback. However, Australia managed to narrowly outperform the Men in Green.<\/p>\n<p>Australia is now set to face India in the final on February 11 at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">U19 World Cup semi-final | Pakistan vs Australia | Probable Playing XIs | Head-to-Head and Pitch Report<\/h5>\n<p>Pakistan and Australia will clash in the U19 World Cup semifinal today&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/02\/u19-world-cup-semi-final-pakistan-vs-australia-probable-playing-xis-head-to-head-and-pitch-report\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan lost by 1 wicket to Australia in a close match. Baig admits they were short by 10-20 runs. Praises team effort, especially Ali Raza\u2019s bowling. Following a nail-biting match in the 2024 U19 World Cup on Thursday, Pakistan U19 captain Saad Baig shared his thoughts after Pakistan\u2019s one-wicket defeat to Australia. In the match, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FotoJet-55.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}