Pakistan lost their opening match of the tournament on Thursday against the United States, a squad that was relatively unknown in the world of international cricket before that point. Following their historic victory, a number of “events” in the Pakistani team room became public knowledge.
A Pakistani journalist has reported that Babar Azam yelled angrily at Iftikhar Ahmed after the game because of his negligence throughout the competition.
He said that once the game began, Babar gave Iftikhar Ahmed instructions to stand close to the first slip. Later, when he went back to the field to find out how the team gave up a boundary, the team told him it came from where the senior batter was positioned.
He became quite enraged at this, and during the post-match meeting, he reportedly yelled at him, telling him that the players ought to be standing wherever they are told to.
Furthermore, as we witnessed during the match, Shaheen Afridi became enraged at Iftikhar Ahmed when the ball passed him and he did not attempt to catch it, instead choosing to focus on Mohd. Rizwan.
It seems that this was the identical occurrence that led to their post-match outburst in the dressing room.