Pakistan captain Babar Azam said his players showed lack of attitude on the field which led to their eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan on Monday. The team needs to put in extra effort in every department of the game.

The stunning defeat literally pushed Pakistan on the brink of elimination as they will need to win all their remaining four matches to be sure of a semi-final berth.

Babar's men were sloppy while fielding, especially on the boundary ropes and also conceded a couple of overthrows.

"Whenever you do fielding, it is only with attitude. And I don't see any attitude from the team. You need to put in extra effort and be fit," Babar said at the post-match news conference.

"You should focus on the ball, not on other thoughts, and when the ball comes, as a fielder, you have to be proactive. So, I think we are lagging a little bit as a fielding unit."

Pakistan play South Africa here on Friday and that will be a make-or-break match for them. Babar said his team needs a new approach in the remaining matches.

"We will have to go with a different plan, a different mindset, we will try to bring a positive vibe in the team," said the captain.

"I hope we learn from this loss (against Afghanistan). It will hurt us a lot. We will try to talk about positive things.

"But, we will also talk about the things we did not do well. How we will do it in the future. Because every match is with a different team."

Babar admitted that his team has been sloppy in one department of the game or the other.

"Sometimes, we do well in bowling, (but) we don't do well in batting. When we do well in batting, we don't do it in fielding."

Pakistan pace bowling attack is rated as one of the best in the world but it has failed to live up to expectations in this tournament, leaking runs easily.

Babar admitted that the absence of pacer Naseem Shah has hurt the team a lot. "We are missing Naseem a lot. But apart from that, our bowling line-up is one of the best. But, I think we are not able to click."

Asked if the team was facing a dip in confidence after losing to India, he said: "No, I don't think so. It's not like that. We have seen in Australia's match, we had scored almost three hundred."

Written with PTI inputs