With two defeats in two matches, the road to the Super 8 has become extremely difficult as things are no longer in their hands.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan suffered a six-run defeat by India in their second match of the T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Sunday, severely damaging their chances of making it to the Super 8s of the tournament.
As per the details, Pakistan failed to chase down the 120-run target set by a struggling Indian batting side as all its star players failed in New York.
With two defeats in two matches, the road to the Super 8 has become extremely difficult as things are no longer in their hands.
With just two more matches to play, here’s how Pakistan can qualify for the Super 8 round of the T20 World Cup.
June 11: Canada vs Pakistan – Pakistan win
June 12: USA vs India – India win
June 14: USA vs Ireland: – Ireland win
June 15: Canada vs India – India win
June 16: Ireland vs Pakistan – Pakistan win
If all the results go according to the above scenario, Pakistan will have four points from four matches while India will have eight points. USA will end the group stage campaign with equal points with Pakistan while Canada and Ireland will have two points each.
In the above scenario, India would qualify for the Super Eight directly while USA and Pakistan would have four points each. In this case, Net Run Rate (NRR) will come into play. The Green Shirts need to register big margin victories against Canada and Ireland and also hope that the US loses by a large margin to India and Ireland.
Despite a positive start, Pakistan did not lose a wicket in the first four overs, the Green Shirts could not capitalize on this advantage as captain Babar Azam fell victim to Jasprit Bumrah after scoring 13 runs.
After the captain’s dismissal, Usman Khan came in and managed to support Mohammad Rizwan but lost his wicket to right-handed batsman Akshar Patel.
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Pakistan needed a partnership in the middle overs but none of their batsmen could provide it as Fakhar Zaman (13 off 8), Shadab Khan (4 off 7) and Imad Wasim (15 off 23) all went to the pavilion without scoring big. They left.
However, the turning point of the match came when Bumrah bowled Rizwan for 31 runs. The wicketkeeper-batsman was in a strong position and looked like the man to guide the Green Shirts to victory but Bumrah denied him.
Pakistan ended their innings at 113-7 in 20 overs. For India, Bumrah took three wickets, Hardik Pandya took two wickets while Arshdeep Singh and Akshar Patel took one wicket each.
Earlier in the first innings, the Pakistani bowlers completely dominated the Indian batsmen and did not give them much room to shine in one of the most anticipated matches of the tournament.
