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Mohammad Yousuf praises Australia’s Starc, Cummins, refrains from criticising Pakistani batters

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  • Yousuf says Australian bowlers “bowled in right areas and pushed” the Pakistan team.
  • Yousuf refrains from criticising batters directly.
  • He says the big score had also put Pakistan under pressure.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s batting coach Mohammad Yousuf has hailed Australia’s fast bowling duo of Mitchel Starc and Pat Cummins after Pakistan was bowled out for 148 in reply to Australia’s 556/9 on day three of the Karachi Test.

Speaking at the end of the day’s play, Yousuf said that Australia took the advantage of reverse swing that dented Pakistan’s batting line up and got them out quickly.

“The run out at the start of the inning provided them with the momentum and the experienced duo of Australia did best to take the advantage of it,” Yusuf told reporters.

“They bowled in right areas and pushed us. We have such spells in past when Waqar and Wasim used to destroy a batting line in just one spell,” he said.

Yousuf refrained from criticising the batters directly and said that the way Imam was playing was his strength and a player should never shy away from his strengths.

He said that the big score had also put Pakistan under pressure.

“When you are batting with 500+ already scored against you then you’re naturally under pressure because the bowlers get added confidence of having such big score on their shoulder. Even the biggest of batting lines do collapse after conceding big scores even on batting tracks,” Yousuf said.

Read more: Shoaib Akhtar lashes out at Pakistan, says team ‘not thinking of winning’

Yousuf said that Australia would’ve been also in a similar position if Pakistan had won the toss and put such a big total on board.

He said that as the ball has started to reverse now, it is important for batters to use their foot accordingly.

The former batter said that the team will try to build long innings when they come to bat and fight till the end to save the match.

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