Stallions suffered a colossal 126-run loss to the Markhors in their second match in the Champions One-Day Cup and instead of being disappointed or taken aback by the defeat having failed to chase down 232, captain Mohammad Haris was happy that his side came second in a strange response. Apart from Babar Azam's run-a-ball 45, who showed a bit of aggression and urge, it was a flop show with the bat for the Stallions. Shan Masood was the only other bat to score in double digits as the middle-order was dealing in binaries for the Men in Red to fold for 105.
Asked after the game as to what went wrong for the Stallions, Haris said, "Koi galti nahi hui. Hum jo chah rahe they. Hum team ki strength check kar rhe they [(There wasn't any mistake. We did what we wanted to do. We were checking the team's strength)."
"Humne pehle match mein toss jeeta and batting ki thi. Aaj humne chaha ki hum chase karte hain chase kiya. Jisse ki hume apni strength ka pata chal jaye tournament se pehle. Aur wohi hua. Mujhe khushi hai ki hum haar gye (In the first match, we won the toss and chose to bat. Today, we chased, so that we could check and understand our strength. That’s exactly what happened. We’re happy that we lost)," he said.
The response was a bit bizarre given it was coming from a captain, whose team had just lost. The social media too was confused as to what he really meant.
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Stallions were in second place despite the loss with Markhors at the top. However, with the Panthers winning against the Lions on Monday, September 16, they climbed to second place are just behind the Markhors on net run rate.
