Former captain Shahid Afridi believes Pakistan should have scored 220 runs in the third T20I against New Zealand on Sunday in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan posted 178-4 while batting first and ended up losing the match by seven wickets with 10 balls to spare.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Afridi said that Pakistan should have made better use of the excellent batting conditions at the Pindi Cricket Stadium.
“On an excellent batting surface, we didn't make enough runs. The score should have been around 220,” Afridi said.
“Well played Shadab, the rest of the batters should aim for better strike rates in these conditions and pitches. Goodluck for the remaining games.
“Great inns by Chapman, a great lesson on how to finish a match!”.
New Zealand made a stunning comeback in the five-match T20I series courtesy of Mark Chapman who led the visitors to victory.
The series is now level at 1-1 with two matches remaining in Lahore. The matches are scheduled on April 25 and 27 at the Gaddafi Stadium.
New Zealand had a great start to the 179-run target with openers Tim Robinson (28) and Tim Seifert (21), scoring 42 runs for the first wicket.
The home side looked to stage a comeback with back-to-back dismissals by Naseem Shah and Abbas Afridi but Chapman, paired with Dean Foxcroft had their plans.
The left-hander was the aggressor in the partnership of 117 runs while Foxcroft supported him brilliantly. Chapman reached his eighth fifty in this format and finished on an unbeaten score of 87. He stroked nine fours and four sixes in his 42-ball innings
Foxcroft made 31 off 29 balls with the chase completing in the 19th over.
Earlier, the hosts started well with Saim Ayub dominating the visitors. The opening duo of Saim and Babar made 54-0. Saim was caught by James Neesham off Ish Sodhi's bowling after scoring 32 runs from 22 balls at a strike rate of 145.45.
Meanwhile, in a 62-run partnership with Irfan Khan, Shadab stroked 41 runs off 20 balls with the help of six boundaries. Irfan finished not-out on 20-ball 30, smashing three fours and a six.