ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan (205/3) end their losing streak with a convincing victory over Bangladesh (204) by 7 wickets

[Omer2002]

Also knowing our Collapses i wouldnt be over confident

 

[batandballbattle]

oddly babar hasn't done well against the two weakest attacks he's faced of netherlands and bangladesh

 

[Syed1]

Also knowing our Collapses i wouldnt be over confident

You are worrying about collapses with 41 runs remaining?

 

[Marooned]

Comes in with a stable platform and scores 9(16).

Biggest culprit of the wc imo.

 

[jnaveen1980]

And his haters would do the same showing why he cannot bat.

I am not sure you call them haters. Nobody "hatest" for the sack of hating. There must be a reason behind it.

 

[Syed1]

Can we target 10 rpo for next 4

 

[PakPremi]

Babar needs to be kicked out of the professional setup and be told to grow a pair first and then learn to become selfless.

That was selfless

 

[Ali Active]

i hope people are happy now...about the NRR

Losing wickets also dents NRR

i think wickets dont impact nrr
it is runs scored divided by overs minus runs conceded in entitled overs

 

[hitthestump]

Rizwan is such a good batsman

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

And his haters would do the same showing why he cannot bat.

Babar is a great batsman if you need to put on a score, he's not what you want when you are trying to improve NRR.

 

[Syed1]

That was selfless

Yes 9(16) is a very selfless innings mashallah

 

[PakPremi]

I am not sure you call them haters. Nobody "hatest" for the sack of hating. There must be a reason behind it.

Envy, posters were hating on Fakhar and Abdullah today even they were playing beautifully.

 

[Ml12345]

Pakistan is the team to beat

 

[Savak]

The hype of Babar Azam has been exposed.

 

[mazkhan]

If fakhar wasn't playing today , the team probably would have made a horlicks of this chase.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Unlike Kohli , Fakhar has a lot of guts to get to his 100.

 

[Syed1]

Pakistan is the team to beat

Lol Indians putting salt on wound. I don't blame you though. Our captain dosti yaari put us in this position.

 

[Marooned]

Drop babar from this team altogether and I guarantee you we won't be any worse.

 

[7sins]

Babar is absolute sitting duck against spinners awful torture of a batsmen

 

[t_kaay]

i hope people are happy now...about the NRR

Losing wickets also dents NRR

You're confusing Duckworth Lewis with NRR......wickets don't matter here

 

[Dantheone]

Rizwan showing good intent of scoring fast. Babar looked as usual settling for 70 strike rate.

 

[Marooned]

Unlike Kohli , Fakhar has a lot of balls to get to his 100.

Brilliant observation.

 

[t_kaay]

Fakhar wants to finish this

 

[Advaith]

i hope people are happy now...about the NRR

Losing wickets also dents NRR

No man..

 

[ArabKnight]

You're confusing Duckworth Lewis with NRR......wickets don't matter here

Net Run Rate = (Total Runs Scored ÷ Total Overs Faced) - (Total Runs Conceded ÷ Total Overs Bowled)

Wicket falling means slower chase.

 

[Syed1]

Damn just 3 off that over

 

[globetrotter]

Pakistan just issued warning to NZ and SA…. Beware

 

[Desprado123]

Rizwan showing good intent of scoring fast. Babar looked as usual settling for 70 strike rate.

To be fair he knows that his Captaincy is over no matter who becomes PCB chairman.

Babar would have done wonders if just not selected 3 people in the team.

 

[ArabKnight]

Comes in with a stable platform and scores 9(16).

Punjab Quota.

 

[Kianig89]

This is Pakistan team the no.1 ranked team finally back at its face value

 

[Swashbuckler]

Fakhar the champ back, why was he out for so long? You need swashbucklers like Fakhar to win big tournaments, beat big teams.

 

[Syed1]

Noooo

 

[Asif321]

Fakhar misses on century

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Fakhar misses out on a century but at least he went out blasting.

 

[sweep_shot]

Fakhar misses his century.

Mehidy gets Fakhar.

169/3.

 

[Mas-LFC]

woke up early to see this, wanted a decent game, whoever bats first gets 270+ whoever wins or lose, decent crowds came in deserve to get some decent entertaining cricket. Some people came spending lots of money and struggled hard to get indian visa even for BD people its hard.

 

[Kianig89]

As usual we're not done without a collpase

 

[Marooned]

Zaman goes. Liked his 6s but he needs to give us faster starts.

I'd still pick him anyday over tuk tuk king Imam.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Another one misses out on a 100 on offer!

 

[sweep_shot]

woke up early to see this, wanted a decent game, whoever bats first gets 270+ whoever wins or lose, decent crowds came in deserve to get some decent entertaining cricket. Some people came spending lots of money and struggled hard to get indian visa even for BD people its hard.

Waste of money definitely.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Mini collapse

 

[ArabKnight]

Well, Fakhar ain’t washed.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Shakib should bowl spinners here. These trundlers don't look like they are going to do anything . Bowl Mahmudullah , man

Should have just bowled spinners quite a bit earlier.

Trundlers just kept giving runs. Brainless captain Shakib.

 

[sweep_shot]

Mehidy took all 3 wickets.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Babar with 9(16) when 16(9) was the need of the hour. His reputation is sinking.

 

[ArabKnight]

Pakistan just issued warning to NZ and SA…. Beware

I don’t think SA cares. They already won us in the last game.

 

[Advaith]

Net Run Rate = (Total Runs Scored ÷ Total Overs Faced) - (Total Runs Conceded ÷ Total Overs Bowled)

Wicket falling means slower chase.

So wickets are not in the equation..If you chase it earlier even if you loose 9 wickets is better than going for 10 wicket win .

 

[Energy]

Hate to say this but Babar's innings has slowed down things and also put himself and other batters under pressure.

Attacking batting isn't really our strength but being shockingly poor at this skill is something which Babar needs to work on.

 

[Ali Active]

bro looks like pak are in no rush to chase this

 

[PakPremi]

Yes 9(16) is a very selfless innings mashallah

That is why he went for the hit as he did not get runs off the ground. All batsmen took time to settle in btw.

 

[batandballbattle]

well at least we can try for under 33 overs maybe

 

[bones]

Babar shoudl never have come in at 3. Today was begging for a slight change in the order.

 

[emranabbas]

Rizwan needs to finish it off now

 

[badsha001]

i hope people are happy now...about the NRR

Losing wickets also dents NRR

NRR calculation doesn't involve # of wickets down unless all out.

 

[PakPremi]

bro looks like pak are in no rush to chase this

They are that is why they playing risky shots now.

 

[Marooned]

Babar with 9(16) when 16(9) was the need of the hour. His reputation is sinking.

Babar is a closed chapter as far as I'm concerned. He has shown that he is a nobody at the highest level. Zero performances when his team desperately needed him this WC

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bangladesh needs to identify some wristies who are genuine X factors

 

[hitthestump]

Rizwan what a player.

“He Will be exposed soon”

 

[Ali Active]

how much nrr boost we will get?

 

[ArabKnight]

how much nrr boost we will get?

Not enough sadly.

 

[ArabKnight]

So wickets are not in the equation..If you chase it earlier even if you loose 9 wickets is better than going for 10 wicket win .

It’s a indirect interference to RR.

 

[emranabbas]

i hope people are happy now...about the NRR

Losing wickets also dents NRR

Where did you get that from?

 

[jnaveen1980]

BD looks demotivated since they are already out. Atleast in the interest of fans they should have shown more energy.

 

[oatmeal]

i hope people are happy now...about the NRR

Losing wickets also dents NRR

It doesnt though

 

[jnaveen1980]

Guys losing wickets won't hurt your run rate. Not sure where they got this from. That is only applicable in a D/L situation

 

[t_kaay]

Net Run Rate = (Total Runs Scored ÷ Total Overs Faced) - (Total Runs Conceded ÷ Total Overs Bowled)

Wicket falling means slower only

Net Run Rate = (Total Runs Scored ÷ Total Overs Faced) - (Total Runs Conceded ÷ Total Overs Bowled)

Wicket falling means slower chase.

Doesn't mean a slower nrr. That all depends on the next batsman

 

[ArabKnight]

Iftikhar can’t play spin. Can’t play pace. Useless batter. He’s gonna get OUT in a few balls. I know it.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bowlers could have bowled a little tighter. But i have to say this is one of those batting beauty you see at Eden Gardens where lot of sixes getting hit. Litton Das should have scored a 100 here.

 

[Rana]

Rizwan needs to finish it off now

Like he finishes off many things

 

[7sins]

Rizwan turned out to be way way better than babar the choker. Rizwan always scores at good strike rate too you can see he have improved his game while LUMper 1 going downhill

 

[t_kaay]

Guys losing wickets won't hurt your run rate. Not sure where they got this from. That is only applicable in a D/L situation

Agreed, it looks like some supporters are slow on the understanding of the importance of nrr, just like the Pakistani team was at the start of this innings

 

[Desprado123]

Only 1 spinner and that not a wicket taker

3 spinner actually. Agha is far better Spinner than Nawaz in FC and domestic. Actually we 3 spinner realistically.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Iftikhar will smash sixes after the drinks break to finish this off

 

[topspin]

That’s not true bro - I’m not justifying the performance, but I a. Reading lot about Mirpur dust bowl - which is not true at all.

For last couple of years they are trying to change the surface, but it’ll take time. If you had noticed India played a Test there with three pacers, they don’t do that even at home. Last few series, every team has played with three pacers, some times four. Last NZ series, within first PP in 5 innings, 13 wickets fell - all to pacers, something unheard off in BD cricket.

The reason team is sinking, I don’t want to discuss here ….. may be after WC you’ll see me posting more in time pass.

I've noticed some of the Bangladesh players are adopting the same beards with the moustache trimmed off. Does it have anything to do with a group infiltrating their dressing room by any chance?

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Drinks really?

 

[Dantheone]

Afg and SA losses are going to haunt them.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Minnow bashing.

 

[ArabKnight]

Afg and SA losses are going to haunt them.

Say thanks for Imam/Babar.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Miraz despite getting some tap has conjured 3 wickets.

 

[ArabKnight]

Miraz is looking for a FIFER.

Big FIFER!