After disgraceful defeat against India, yet another setback for Pakistan team in World Cup
Shares
After India's worst defeat, another bad news has come to the national team. Babar Azam's led Pakistan net run rate has turned negative 0.137 from earlier 0.93. According to details, India won the 8th consecutive match against traditional rival Pakistan in the World Cup. India won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat in the match being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
For Pakistan, Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique started the innings, forming a 41-run partnership, after which Abdullah Shafique made 20 runs and was bowled out in Mohammad Siraj's over. Pakistan's second wicket fell at 73 runs when Hardik Pandya caught Imam-ul-Haq at 36 runs. Babar Azam was dismissed by Siraj.They scored 50 runs with the help of 7 fours off 58 balls.
Saud Shakeel scored only 6 runs and was caught behind off Kuldip Yadav's delivery, who also dismissed Fakhar Zaman in the same over. Set Mohammad Rizwan's wicket fell, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, who scored 49 runs. Shadab Khan was dismissed by Bumrah. Mohammad Nawaz made 4 runs, and Haris Rauf was out for 2 runs.
Hasan Ali scored 12 runs before leaving the field. On the Indian side, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldip Yadav, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets each.
In pursuit of a target of 192 runs, India's batting was started by Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. At an overall score of 23, with an individual score of 16, Shahin Afridi showed the way to Shubman Gill. Virat Kohli also scored 16 runs before being caught by Shaheen Afridi. India's third wicket fell at a score of 156 when Rohit Sharma made 86 runs off 63 balls and was caught by Shaheen Afridi, hitting 6 fours and 6 sixes.
India achieved Pakistan's target of 192 runs with only 3 wickets lost in 30 overs. Shreyas Iyer remained at 53, and KL Rahul was not out at 19 runs. On the Green Shirts' side, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 2 wickets, and Hasan Ali took 1, showing the path to an Indian player.
Due to this bad defeat, Pakistan's net run rate has now become -0.137 from earlier 0.93. Earlier, Indian captain Rohit Sharma, after winning the toss, said that they have the facilities for dew in the evening, so they want to bat first.