Disappointing news for Pakistani cricket team despite brilliant victory against New Zealand
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Despite the victory against New Zealand, Pakistan received disappointing news as their net run rate couldn't improve significantly. Due to rain in Bangalore, the match had to be ended early. Pakistan defeated New Zealand according to the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method, securing a win for Pakistan due to their superior position when the match was stopped.
Pakistan cricket team's runrate only increased marginally from -0.03 to +0.04. New zealand's runrate also wasn't affected much as it dropped from +0.47 to +0.40. Altough Pakistan and New Zealand are on the same points in the table, New Zealand occupies the 4th spot due to their much superior runrate.
In the 35th match of the ICC One Day World Cup between Pakistan and New Zealand, rain once again interrupted the game and forced the match to be halted. Pakistan was ahead by 21 runs according to the DLS method when the match was stopped at 25.3 overs, with Pakistan needing to have New Zealand at 179 runs with one wicket down. Fakhar Zaman was at 125, and Babar Azam was at 66 runs when the match was stopped due to rain, and Pakistan was declared the winner as the rain didn't cease.
