Despite defeat against South Africa the Pakistan team run rate hasimproved, because of making it difficult to secure Proteas’ victory. Thishas led to a national team’s net run rate improving from 0.07 decimalpoints to 0.38 decimal points on the points table. However, despite winningtwo matches, Pakistan is still in the lower ranks with 4 points on thepoints table.
On the other hand, after the defeat at the hands of South Africa, questionsarise about Pakistan’s chances of reaching the semi-finals. It has beenmentioned that the national team’s access to the final four stages of thetournament is dwindling after consecutive fourth losses. However, there isstill some hope if either Australia or New Zealand lose atleast two matches.
It remains clear that in Pakistan’s 26th match of the World Cup, they cameclose to victory but were defeated by South Africa in the most thrillingmatch of the World Cup. In the match played at Chandigarh Stadium, openerAbdullah Shafique quickly lost his wicket, scoring 9 runs on 17 balls,while Imam-ul-Haq remained the guest with 12 runs.
The third player to be out was Mohammad Rizwan, who made 31 runs and wascaught out on Quetta’s delivery. In an attempt to hit a catch, IftikharTanveer Shamsi, however, was caught out on the boundary. He scored 21 runs.
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Babar Azam was caught out on Tabraiz Shamsi’s delivery after scoring 50runs. In the partnership of the sixth wicket, Shadab Khan and Saud Shakeelestablished a 84-run partnership, with Shadab Khan scoring 43, while SaudShakeel had the highest individual score of 52 runs. Pakistan’s entire teamwas out in the 47th over against South Africa, scoring 270 runs.
From South Africa’s side, Tabraiz Shamsi took 4 wickets, Marco Jansen took3, Gerald Coetzee took 2, and Lungi Ngidi took 1 wicket.