Last over was comical: Bazid baffled by Pakistan batters' lack of intent

New Zealand subjugated Pakistan in the 5th and final T20I of the series, majorly due to the heist pulled off by Mark Chapman at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Whereas Chapman took his team past the winning line, Muhammad Rizwan's 98 runs stand rather proved to be futile and couldn't contribute to the team's victory.

The team's top order was blown away like a candle in the wind - this was when Rizwan's crucial innings came into play. However, the right-handed batsman required only two runs from the last ball to complete his century but failed to connect the bat with the ball and remained left at the altar on 98.

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Former Pakistani cricketer and commentator Bazid Khan reprimanded the lack of intent from the batter's side in the last over that had the team fall short of almost 10 runs.

"The thing that Pakistan need to look at is the last three overs, Pakistan just got 28, they slowed down. The last over was very comical, and I don't recall seeing such a comical over for quite a long time," said Bazid in post-match analysis.

Bazid explained it further and gave an example of England greats Eoin Morgan and David Malan, who previously encountered a similar situation.

"So if you will focus on these things, if I remember that Morgan, who is considered one of the best T20I captains. And I think it was Dawid Malan who got to his century via a single or something and Morgan was very angry at him because it was the last over and he just took a single, the intent is lacking", he further added.

"So you have to look at these things, fortunately Pakistan are not playing a T20 game till what February, so by that time we'll forget all of this," he concluded.

Deceleration and the collective mindset to achieve personal milestones have been a long-held problem for the national team - which often refrains other power hitters from taking any necessary risks.

With the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand, but most importantly for ODI Worldcup '23, a sane approach needs to be injected into the camp, which eliminates a brazen lack of intent and personal interests out of the system altogether.