They could not chase down the target of 226 runs in the first match and they also could not chase down 194 runs in today's match. I think their batting failure was the main reason for the loss. Two top order batsmen were defeated in today's match. However When a batsman like Mohammad Rizwan fails to score, it is not too late to guess that Pakistan will lose. But a good innings by Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman gave hope for the match. But after their fall no one else could keep importance in the match. All but 3 players returned with single digit scores. 5 match series losing 2 match in a row. If Pakistan can't win the next match then this series will be lost. From now Pakistan will have no option to win every match.
Without showing any batting performances, the Pakistan team could not any matches. Their batsmen needs to understand their roles and play accordingly. A team who only performs well in bowling but always fail in batting, will find it very hard to win matches.
In this match, Shaheen Shah Afridi didn't take any wickets, I don't know why the player who became a captain always lost their foam. You can see Babar Azam who played very well in 2019 before their captaincy, I know he also played very well in 2020 and in 2021 under his captaincy but after some time, he lost their foam, and before him, Sarfraz had the same situation, and not only from Paista, this same situation come to the Virat Kohli, when he was a captain. Some players are good without captaincy and in the search of captaincy they lost their form.