Cricket world Cup: 'Want Proteins, Not Carbs': Pakistan Star's Reply On Lack Of Sixes Breaks Internet

There are several things which is missing from Pakistan's game at the moment at the Cricket World Cup. With losses against India and Australia, the Babar Azam-led side is struggling to keep up in the race to a semi-final spot the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023.

However, the Pakistan cricket team ended a long wait in the match against Afghanistan in Chennai on Monday. Pakistan succeeded in ending their 1,169-ball long streak of not hitting a sixer during the first powerplay in ODIs this year. The Men in Green accomplished this during their ICC Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan at Chennai on Monday.

On the third ball of the team's fifth over, Abdullah Shafique smashed Naveen-ul-Haq for a six. He hit another six later to make it two sixes during the first ten overs. This year Pakistan faced 1,202 balls in the first powerplay and scored 945 runs across 20 innings. Of these, 789 balls faced by Pakistan were dot balls, which shows that they did not score on over 65 per cent of balls in this phase of the match. Pakistan batters smashed 131 fours and two sixes in the first powerplay this year.

In all, Pakistan scored 536 out of their 945 runs through fours and sixes, with only 12 runs scored while the aerial route.

Pakistan star batter Imam-ul-Haq was asked about the lack of sixes from Pakistan ahead of the Afghanistan match.  "Lot of talk about the top-order not hitting sixes. What is the secret behind not hitting sixes at this level and what's the mindset? Is there a process? Is there a mindset that you have to unlock? What is it?" asked a reporter.

"Maybe we want to eat more proteins and not that much carbs. It's just that there is nothing, we want to talk about it. It's just that we dont really feel it if we are not