Despite a remarkable victory against Bangladesh, there’s disappointing newsfor the Pakistan team concerning their net run rate.
Even after defeating the Bangladesh Tigers in a one-sided match, Pakistanwas unable to benefit significantly from their net run rate. While therewas an increase in Pakistan’s points, the net run rate remains negative.
Now that Pakistan has secured a place in the World Cup semi-finals after asuccessful campaign against Bangladesh, the scenarios for qualificationhave come to light.
Pakistan will be playing matches against New Zealand and England. To makeit to the knockout stage, they will need to win all these matches andensure multiple scenarios work in their favor.
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For instance, Pakistan must win all their remaining matches, and NewZealand should lose all their remaining matches, given the eight points intheir last six matches.
Furthermore, Pakistan’s victory in all the upcoming matches will result intheir qualification for the knockout stage with ten points. However, theywould need the Black Caps to lose their upcoming three matches for thisscenario to become feasible.