India, March 1 -- Pakistan captain Salman Agha did not shy away from confronting reality after the team's exit from the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup, offering a frank assessment of where things went wrong. He admitted that his batters, saved for Sahibzada Farhan, failed to deliver consistently throughout the tournament.

Agha's comments came after Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Saturday to register a consolation win. However, having failed to restrict the hosts to 147 or fewer after setting a daunting 213-run target, Pakistan were unable to overtake New Zealand on net run rate and were eliminated from the semifinal race. They have now failed to reach the last four in their previous two T20 World Cup appearances since fi...