Muneeba Ali (25) and Gull Feroza (23) had given Pakistan a strong start in pursuit of Bangladesh’s total by putting on an opening stand of 49, but a collapse in the middle-order left too much to skipper Fatima Sana (10) and the tail as the side failed to haul in their opponents’ score.
Fatima was one of only four Pakistan batters to reach double figures during the run chase and Wahab said the side’s senior players need to take more responsibility for their performances during the remainder of the tournament.
“It’s about— it’s cricket, it’s a competition,” Wahab said.
“You can’t let things go when you have everything in your hand and then at the end you just let the things go away easily.
“I think you should work hard, or the other team should work hard to take the game away from you.
“I think everybody who will be watching, even we were thinking that we are going on at the right pace with the right runs on the board, scores on the board.
“But suddenly again, it’s a collapse. I think the senior players, they have to take the responsibility.
“You cannot let them go away like this, that they come in and they need to read the situation well.
“It was just six an over. It was under six an over, I would say. But again, the execution is not right. They have to take the responsibility. The players have to step up.”
Pakistan’s next match comes against six-time T20 World Cup champions Australia in Leeds on Tuesday, before their final fixture at the tournament with the Netherlands on Saturday.
