ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan (200/1) keep their hopes of a Semi-Final berth alive with a 21 runs DLS win over New Zealand (401/6)

[soso_killer]

NZ might as well gamble and bring Boult back. He'll have nothing to do bowl at later on. I can't believe they went into this match with only two fast bowlers

 

[ExpressPacer]

Hope fully the life members of the 'indians dont cheer others', the ever whinging pak media BCCI=ICC, the wonderful imaginative 'chemicals applied on roller in between innings', the ball was changed to suit india Brigade will take another seat when they see the scoreboard and also crowd cheering FZ's 100....
In India's match against Sl , there was this one dude who kept saying 'stadium aapka, ball aapka, umpire aapka, XYZ aapka' on rinse repeat....

Does anyone have the cojones here to say - i was wrong? elite honesty...any one - hai aap me Zameer aur Ghairaat?

The majority of Pakistanis don’t see these absurd things. It’s a loud minority

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Babar getting close to his personal milestone

 

[aukhan]

Technique needs to bat for the team and not for his Tik Tok reels

One selfish hundred today on the back of fakhar’s brilliance and they will start calling him better than kohli

 

[sweep_shot]

Fakhar has hit 9 sixes today. Damn!

 

[kron]

PP posters will forget this match to justify babar and rizwan > Fakhar.

I am only wrong on other matters. Am never wrong on Babar and rizwan and imam

fakhar
ayub
danish
dahani - who imo is better than rauf
even talat or khurram

sure we wont beat india aus and probably not SA but we could have atleast challenged them in a one off. they would have fared much better than this tukbar and crap.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Sab fakhar ko hi bana na hai. Babar playing for his selfish 100.

Facts 100%. Babar has been out there for 50 balls yet every single ball is being played like he is dodging bombs and the pitch is a minefield.

 

[soso_killer]

NZ might as well gamble and bring Boult back. He'll have nothing to do bowl at later on. I can't believe they went into this match with only two fast bowlers

And they bring him back. They had no choice really

 

[hamzie]

is rain coming?????????

 

[Civil]

Crowd cheers Fakhar doing the sajda and the applause continues after that with the DJ egging them on

But Shami is scared to do so as he might be attacked

Respect to Bengaluru crowd for sure... sincerely humbled and gracious Pak fan.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Crowd cheers Fakhar doing the sajda and the applause continues after that with the DJ egging them on

But Shami is scared to do so as he might be attacked

You guys are hard wired with your media feeding you the usual victim mentality and psyche, the same saazish mentality

 

[MMHS]

Mate, the least he could do is bat at 100 SR. They are chasing 401, not 301. Under 100 SR in such circumstances is criminal.

Even more so if you are putting your only modern day player under pressure.

True, but run is coming from other end - Fakhar has given him some space. You see, the way FZ is going, he can get out - last thing PAK will need is two new men. If FZ gets out then for sure Babar has to up his ante

 

[emranabbas]

Fakhar don't fall for short balls

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Mashallah
Still a long way to go
Really enjoying this so far

 

[kron]

Fakhar has hit 9 sixes today. Damn!

power star.

 

[JattMaula]

It's coming home!

 

[bluevision]

I can hear the cloud rumbling, the sky may open up at any moment, 10 KMs away from the ground. However, the rain will not last long, I trust. And, the drainage in Chinnaswamy is very efficient.

 

[sweep_shot]

Raining now. But, they are still playing.

Pakistan are ahead in Duckworth.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Are we ahead on DL

 

[emranabbas]

Babar missed out on 50

 

[viking2559]

I would take this fakhar "hack" over all other world class batsmen.I would want 7 fakhars in my team.

 

[Sunzi]

Rain the game off.

Ha Ha

 

[chinaman00]

And the rain has come. My goodness. I hope this isn’t an anti climax end to a phenomenal match.

 

[hamzie]

please end the game here

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

It's raining omg

What should be the DLS score?

 

[kingusama92]

Incredible innings from Fakhar. Pure entertainment.

 

[Ali Active]

rain dont stop ever

 

[Rana]

Fakhar Zaman

What a playah

 

[sweep_shot]

A long delay perhaps. Very dark clouds.

 

[IndoorCricket]

Its passing shower. Pakistan has a real chance here.

 

[Ali Active]

Rain rain comee please dont stop

 

[aukhan]

Credit to fakhar we are 10 runs ahead.

Babar’s selfish approach could have costed us. Thanks to Fakhar we are still in.

 

[kingusama92]

Pakistan is ahead. Let it rain all day then.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

The majority of Pakistanis don’t see these absurd things. It’s a loud minority

Fair point

 

[Firebat]

Pakistan 10 ahead of DLS. Can't believe I'm writing that

 

[NeVerMind]

Rain the game off.

Ha Ha

Only a passing showe according to commentators and therefore will break Fakhar's concentration so benefits the Kiwis

 

[t_kaay]

We are 10 ahead of dls. Hopefully babar will be told of each over target and can get on with it if they get back on

 

[MMHS]

If it’s a curtailed game, now PAK will have the advantage. Also, spinners won’t be that effective with a wet ball.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Hope Micky Arthur tears into Babar for not even batting at 100 SR

 

[Varun]

Bit of an advantage for NZ anyhow. The outfield will slow down.

 

[soso_killer]

Pakistan are 10 ahead of DLS

 

[Rana]

Rizwan acting like he deserves all the credit for Fakhar’s blitz show

 

[Falconslions]

PAk 8 Points
NZ 8 Points

NRR difference would still be 145-150 runs -behind NZ.

So would need SL to beat NZ

 

[globetrotter]

Rain stops play… Pak ahead by 10 runs by D/L method…. Commentator says it’s a passing shower

 

[Ali Active]

what will be pak nrr after this if we beat them

 

[cricket.mad]

Rain stopped

 

[Ahmed216]

These little breaks do not help the batting side

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Pitch can be freshened up so this may help Boult.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Pak ahead in DLS

 

[Ali Active]

PAk 8 Points
NZ 8 Points

NRR difference would be 145-150 runs still.

So would need SL to beat NZ

ohhh thats tough Sl are not beating nz

 

[Shafi]

Babar should be pro-active. We could gain some valuable points

 

[soso_killer]

Bit of an advantage for NZ anyhow. The outfield will slow down.

They have two front line seamers. The ball will be slippery for the spinners. Pakistan's game to lose now

 

[hur rizvi]

Rain rain stay there

 

[rhony]

Just woke up to this stunner of a game. All going according to plan so far

 

[kron]

ah man rain is ruining our flow.

 

[mominsaigol]

Rizwan acting like he deserves all the credit for Fakhar’s blitz show

He'll tell the media he gave fakhar tips on batting

 

[ExpressPacer]

Babar being tapped on the shoulders? Mate, I would be kicking him. This guy gets paid millions of rupees a month from taxpayer money and for what?!

 

[Usman Chadda]

Pitch can be freshened up so this may help Boult.

Old ball, won’t matter. Fakhar has ruined its shape anyway, if anything it might come on to the bat better so Babar might actually middle one

 

[hur rizvi]

They have two front line seamers. The ball will be slippery for the spinners. Pakistan's game to lose now

It's a herculean chase. Long way to go

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Kudrat ka nizaam activated

 

[prakash@raina fan]

20 kms away from ground.. Rain stopped completely. Clouds cleared rather quickly. So expect match to restart soon

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

What an incredible innings by Fakhar. He’s carrying the entire team. My days.

 

[pillionrider]

Respect to Bengaluru crowd for sure... sincerely humbled and gracious Pak fan.

The thing is Indians are not black or white in their attitudes. This is the same ground where a Pak fan was stopped from chanting Pakistan Zindabad.

This is the only state in South India that has had BJP governments. But you’ll also see a Pakistani Muslim doing sajda being cheered. I swear I heard the applause grow louder at that moment.

We are a weird bunch

 

[SalimBhai]

what will be pak nrr after this if we beat them

Is nz best sl. Is pak out?

 

[saqib.rai]

If we win this and then NZ beat SL and we go out on NRR

IT would be a heartbreak like never before

It would then be 2 consecutive World Cups in which we picked up momentum but NRR screwed us

 

[Advaith]

Sab fakhar ko hi bana na hai. Babar playing for his selfish 100.

Now when fakar is firing his play is ok but the problem is when fakhar was struggling his game was same ..Let's see he improve it when situation demands further in the match..so far so good..

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Rizwan acting like he deserves all the credit for Fakhar’s blitz show

Where has Rizwan come into all this? Give it a rest. Its getting annoying now. Unless that's your plan

 

[rhony]

Fakhar Zaman has just played one of the best innings ever by a Pakistan batsman. It's absurd that a player like this was dropped because of failures in bilaterals. There has to be more tolerance for failure by players who have genuine talent.

Everyone was surprised he wasn't picked vs India. How do you think Pakistan pulls the bunny out of the rabbit when backs are against wall. They unleash a guy like this all of a sudden. Iirc, Fakhar didn't play CT 2017 initially. He was brought in as a replacement. This guy is a game changer

 

[t_kaay]

what will be pak nrr after this if we beat them

Probably won't change that much from what it is now, as IF we chase this down, it's gonna take pretty much the whole 50 overs.

 

[aukhan]

Hope Micky Arthur tears into Babar for not even batting at 100 SR

+1
Amazing how fakhar under pressure of RR and scoreboard fought like a soldier today. Nerves of steel from fakhar once again in the big match. He had to compensate for Babar’s selfish tuk tuk too.

 

[kingusama92]

Is nz best sl. Is pak out?

If PAK beats NZ today and NZ beats SL then it comes down to Pakistan's NRR after the England game. They would likely have to destroy England in that last game to even have a chance.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Rain interrupts play with Pakistan 10 runs ahead of the DLS par score.

 

[RamLakhan]

Fakhar should always play... I don't understand how he went missing...

 

[RehanG]

Raining for next 2,5 hrs. And after 1 hrs it’s non stop 5mm. So just stay ahead on DLS and Qudrat Ka Nizam will get us 2 points.

 

[Ali Active]

Is nz best sl. Is pak out?

not completely but they would need to beat england by 150 or more runs

 

[MMHS]

what will be pak nrr after this if we beat them

Depends on how many overs - around 35 overs would have made both equal on 401 target. At present if the game stops here, it’s a 10 run win over 21 overs, very little change in NRR equation.

 

[Rana]

Easily Fakhar’s best hundred

 

[soso_killer]

It's a herculean chase. Long way to go

Two fit seamers, one is past his prime. Two specialist spinners (Santner, Sodhi) and a bits and pieces player is playing as the 5th bowler (spinner). They are in trouble

 

[GLORY OF '92]

If we win this and then NZ beat SL and we go out on NRR

IT would be a heartbreak like never before

It would then be 2 consecutive World Cups in which we picked up momentum but NRR screwed us

That would be unbearable but still NZ are 70% favourites to win this

 

[viking2559]

What the hell is wrong with this Babar clown..
Why is he overrated so much?
What's so special in him.
Pathetic selfish player he should be dropped for this selfish batting.