Pakistan players were “completely devastated” after their five-wicket defeat to Australia in the T20 World Cup semi-final but the dressing room was different in their opening match against arch-rivals India, batting consultant Matthew Hayden said.
Pakistan went into the semis with an all-win record but suffered a heart-breaking loss to the Australians.
“The scenes in the dressing room, it didn’t shock me when you do play with your heart. Just how your heart gets broken when you go into a match with expectations… just scenes of complete devastation,” Hayden said in conversation with bowling coach Vernon Philander.
Before the match against India though, Hayden said, the dressing room had been “very calm” and “relaxed”.