Pakistan's Arafat Minhas on their devastating ICC U19 Cricket World Cup semi-final loss to Australia by 1 wicket
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00:21 >> We need-- oh, sorry.
00:22 Do you mind just moving across a little bit?
00:24 Just 'cause you're in shot.
00:25 >> Is it fine?
00:26 >> Yeah.
00:26 >> OK. Are we good?
00:29 >> OK. Thank you very much everyone for joining us here
00:31 for this post-match press conference.
00:33 We're joined by Arafat Minaz of Pakistan.
00:35 We'll take a couple of questions first
00:38 in English before we switch to Urdu.
00:40 Arafat, can you just sum up your immediate reaction
00:44 to that game today?
00:44 >> Yeah. First of all, I'm sad because it's part of game
00:50 but our team performed really well throughout the World Cup.
00:55 This match cost us just I think shots,
00:59 five-run shots or four-run shots.
01:01 So we were one wicket away and this type
01:05 of crucial matches are really heartbreaking.
01:07 We were really hopeful for the finals
01:10 but our team performed really well.
01:12 I'm proud of my team and everyone,
01:14 each individual performed really well throughout the tournament.
01:17 So I'm glad that we will move forward
01:21 and we will take the performances ahead
01:23 in the senior team and I'm really happy of my team
01:26 and my team management is really helpful
01:29 and cooperative with us.
01:30 It's their-- actually they made us--
01:37 they made us possible to reach the semifinals
01:44 so they made us perform well.
01:47 It's their contribution as well.
01:49 >> You mentioned there about being a few runs short
01:53 from what you would have wanted.
01:55 What were you saying in the dressing room at the break
01:59 to try and pick the team up to defend that low total?
02:02 >> Yeah, we defended the total before as well
02:07 against Bangladesh so we were hopeful.
02:09 We defended 150 around something
02:12 so it was 30 runs more than the last game
02:16 but we were hopeful and our bowlers did really well
02:21 throughout but I think we leaked runs in some in the filling
02:26 and we were 20 to 30 runs short in the batting as well
02:28 if I could have stayed on the pitch a little bit longer
02:31 so we could have made more runs.
02:32 >> Yeah, okay, perfect.
02:34 Thank you.
02:34 I'll just hand over for Urdu questions now.
02:36 >> [Foreign language] The whole nation is proud of you.
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07:06 >> Great. I don't think there are any other questions.
07:09 Thank you very much.
07:10 >> Thank you.
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