In India, the ICC One Day World Cup 2023 is witnessing a lacklusterperformance from the Pakistan cricket team. They demonstrated poorperformance in a crucial match against Afghanistan yesterday. Afghanistanachieved their target of 283 runs, set by Pakistan, with just 2 wicketslost.
This marks the first time in the history of the World Cup that Afghanistanhas defeated Pakistan. Despite winning 3 out of 5 matches, Pakistan’sjourney to the semi-finals is looking impossible. They still have 4 matchesto play in the World Cup, and they must succeed in all of them to reach thesemi-finals. However even after winning all matches still Pakistan may notbe able to reach semifinals because of low run rate unless it defeats theother teams with a big margin.
It’s worth mentioning that Pakistan’s remaining matches are against strongteams. The national team will face South Africa on October 27, Bangladeshon October 31, New Zealand on November 4, and England on November 11.
Looking at the points table, Pakistan is currently in the fifth positionafter losing the third match out of 5. India leads the table with 5 wins,followed by New Zealand with 4 wins and 1 loss. New Zealand is in thesecond position, while South Africa, with 3 wins and 1 loss, is third.Australia is in fourth place with 2 wins and 2 losses. Afghanistan’simpressive performance has earned them the tenth position. Bangladesh is inseventh place with 3 wins, and the Netherlands is eighth. Sri Lanka is atthe bottom of the tournament, finishing in ninth place.
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In order for Pakistan to secure a spot in the semi-finals, they not onlyneed to win but also win with a substantial margin. This is becausePakistan’s run rate is quite low compared to the top 4 teams in the WorldCup competition.