“I think it was a really important wicket because they were building a good space with the partnerships they had,” he added.
“Hopefully we put ourselves in a position to win the game.”
Nevertheless, Pakistan’s batting coach Mohammad Yousuf saw the balance at 50-50.
He said, ‘The players are confident that they can win this match.’
Pakistan can take heart from the fact that their highest successful chase was 377 against Sri Lanka at Pallekele in 2015, and they beat the same opponents after scoring 342 in Galle in July.
No team in Pakistan has ever successfully chased down more than 314, a target achieved by the home team against Australia in Karachi in 1994.