T20 World Cup 2022: Rating Bowling of Super 12 teams in Week 1

7. Pakistan- 6/10

One of the sides who have a very solid bowling line-up on paper is Babar Azam-led Pakistan. When you have exceptional bowlers such as Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi, the young exuberance of pacer Naseem Shah coupled with decent players with the ball such as Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz, one only wonders what could possibly go wrong?

Yet everything seems to have gone wrong for this side from - bowling, management, decisions made by the captain in the bowling innings and so on. Afridi came back from an injury, and it was expected that he would be at his best to compete the charts for the highest wicket taker. However, the player has not even managed to a single wicket next to his name rather has been slammed by fans for leaking too many runs for a player of his calibre.

Mohammad Nawaz was criticized for his performance against India for which the skipper decided to replace him with Mohammad Wasim, who immediately instilled confidence by picking four wickets against Zimbabwe. Haris Rauf too has been exceptional and the man who has been the difference for the side in the pace department. However, on occasions, he too has got smacked off the park by his rival counterparts. Consistency is something that appears to be missing in the squad and they will have to fix this swiftly if they still want to keep their last four hopes alive.