England handed a 74-run defeat to Pakistan in Rawalpindi Monday(December 5) to win the 1st Test on a lifeless wicket, prompting skipper “Babar Azam” to say that his side did not live up to the task.

“We were not up to the mark,” Babar Azam rued during the post-match talk as England now lead the 3-match series 1-0.

The skipper believes that if Pakistan did not lose back-to-back wickets, it could have beated the visiting team.

“We had a golden chance to win this Test, but session by session we kept losing wickets,” Babar also said.

The skipper said the absence of pacer “Shaheen Shah Afridi” was felt in Pindi’s Test & also noted that he wasn’t aware whether “Haris Rauf” would be able to join the side in Multan.

“Haris Rauf’s injury is serious,” Babar Azam said.

Right-arm pacer Haris will be unavailable for Multan Test after the physios advised complete rest for the next 10 days following an injury on the 4th day of the 1st Test against England.

In his post-match talk, England captain “Ben Stokes” highly praised his team, who had been infected with a virus in the lead up to the Test.

“A few days ago we were running around trying to start on time,” Stokes said referring to a virus which affected several England players.

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