Excellent bowling display from GAC Qatar. They never let the batsmen settle down and kept picking up wickets. Fauzan and Abu-Bilal Razik played useful cameos but it was too much to do for them. Jashmeer Kasaragod and Mohammed Fahad was back at thier best, with 2 wickets each.
Mohammed Fahad: When you are chasing something like that, some guys need to stay till the end. The batsmen played some bad shots, myself included and also lost two set batsmen in the middle overs. We had them under the roof but lost the plot in the end. Initially they set it up nicely in the form of Fauzan and Razik and knew that they would come hard at us. I think we gave 30 runs extra on the field. We made a lot of mistakes overall and it is tough to win matches when you make so many mistakes. There are a lot of positives too. Jashmeer bowled very well and we need to focus on the champions trophy and come back harder. Very disappointed with the way I got out. Should have finished off the game and take the responsibility for my dismissal.
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