ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan (345/4) complete the highest run-chase in World Cup history to defeat Sri Lanka (344/9) by 6 wickets

[DeadlyVenom]

I’m not sure what the plan is here?

There is no intent whatsoever. They look shell-shocked.

If we are being philosophical then lack of intent is also a show of intent.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Pathirana will be taken to cleaners

 

[Technics 1210]

Strike rotation with the odd boundary.

Classic approach is the best approach.

 

[castortroy]

Can someone explain this batting approach

 

[Usman Chadda]

The intent seems that everybody gets to a 50 ( 70) to secure spot for next match

Abdullah should be dropped from the next game for this dumb knock.

He is blatantly playing for himself here!

 

[mrtaim3]

Bhai mere, CT 2017 yaad hain na. Pakistan lost horribly in group match and rose up from there. This loss may act as the catalyst for them. Pakistan team dangerous when they are cornered.

I'm sorry. I don't want them to lose

 

[hitthestump]

I’m not sure what the plan is here?

There is no intent whatsoever. They look shell-shocked.

They want to “take the game deep”.

 

[Ahmed216]

Can someone explain this batting approach

No

 

[Devadwal]

I’m not sure what the plan is here?

There is no intent whatsoever. They look shell-shocked.

Plan is simple build a partnership then later can attack. But can they execute the plan?

 

[Mas-LFC]

Commentator said it’s the last game on this ground for this wc? should have had a semi final there. very nice stadium with good size boundaries!

 

[ex-q-zit]

That's the biggest pile of dog doo doo I have ever heard...this team is mentally done and dusted if they lose today...only a win can help their spirits but that ain't happening....

Fans said the same after Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe in t2o WC last year and we all know how Pakistan team played from then on.

 

[m.shah]

Afghanistan's batting has more flair than Pak batting.
Abdullah always seems that nervy guy.

 

[Syed1]

Abdullah should be dropped from the next game for this dumb knock.

He is blatantly playing for himself here!

I actually don't blame him. He has only played 8 List A matches and averages 20. He is out of his depth here. The blame is on captain and selectors for selecting who is not cut out for this level.

 

[emranabbas]

We need about 140 by the 20th over to be on par with Sri Lanka

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

There's just no fluency in the batting. I don't understand, these are virtually home conditions.

 

[Zeshan547]

Are we chasing 245? The way they are playing without any urgency they may not even get that.

 

[ChTab]

I'm sure Abdullah might be really good but does he deserve to be in odi team after playing 7 list A games ? I mean other deserving players should do what to get in the team?

Who else you want in the team?
Ahmad Shehzad, Kamran Akmal? I think they do have alot of List A experience.

 

[Usman Chadda]

They want to “take the game deep”.

Percentage cricket would be to target Sri Lanka’s weaker bowlers and put them under pressure now.

What’s the point of a pointless partnership like this besides bloating average and putting pressure on the lower-order?

 

[7sins]

Commentator said it’s the last game on this ground for this wc? should have had a semi final there. very nice stadium with good size boundaries!

Ahmedabad and wankhde have more space so they will.host the semis

 

[VForVendetta]

Omg after your post I went and checked his stats. Has only played 8 List A matches and averages 20. How did he get selected????????????????????


Is he another one of the friends?

He idolizes Babar....

 

[ChTab]

So many of us predicted this and yet we were laughed at for ages.

Now does everyone understand why we said what we said

Exactly

 

[hitthestump]

Bhai mere, CT 2017 yaad hain na. Pakistan lost horribly in group match and rose up from there. This loss may act as the catalyst for them. Pakistan team dangerous when they are cornered.

There is no danger in this side.

Shaheen toothless.
Naseem missing.
Rauf is a spray gun.
Nawaz is mediocre.
Shadab forgot how to bowl.

You could corner these guys with a hydraulic press, in this form they will not produce anything for you.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Commentator said it’s the last game on this ground for this wc? should have had a semi final there. very nice stadium with good size boundaries!

I wanted to check how many matches my home ground in Bengaluru has and it was allotted 5 matches. Guess each ground has 4-5 matches in the league stage.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Bhai mere, CT 2017 yaad hain na. Pakistan lost horribly in group match and rose up from there. This loss may act as the catalyst for them. Pakistan team dangerous when they are cornered.

You need to have quality to come back, we have no spinners and none in batting and a bowler injured. We be killed in the corner.

 

[CerebralPatriot]

Why are people saying Abdullah is better than Babar?

 

[Usman Chadda]

The more Abdullah plays, the more my blood boils.

He is eating up deliveries intentionally. Horrible batting chasing 345

 

[msb314]

I wish we could once get off to a blazing start

 

[emranabbas]

All we need every over is 1x4 and couple of singles how hard is that?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Abdullah toying with the Lankans. He's saying you can't catch me.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Tuk tuk still continues

 

[7sins]

There is no danger in this side.

Shaheen toothless.
Naseem missing.
Rauf is a spray gun.
Nawaz is mediocre.
Shadab forgot how to bowl.

You could corner these guys with a hydraulic press, in this form they will not produce anything for you.

You missed pathetic fielding and dropped catches

 

[Adi_62945]

Abdullah will get out on a cheapest delivery possible the way he is unnecessary blocking every ball out

 

[Usman Chadda]

Short and wide, barely hit to short cover.

I cannot believe how selfish this Abdullah is.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

All we need every over is 1x4 and couple of singles how hard is that?

Very hard for us, isn't it obvious

 

[Nado_]

Abdullah having a soft evening net

 

[Syed1]

After the 2nd wicket fell. Other teams would have set up someone like a Nawaz to counter punch, bring the RRR down and gain some momentum. Instead Rizwan arrived, batting at 50 SR and slipping and sliding on every shot.

 

[Major]

why did the bowling fail so badly today?

 

[7sins]

3 -4 singles won't winyou this matches you chokers you're playing on a more than decent batting track

 

[Omer2002]

The more Abdullah plays, the more my blood boils.

He is eating up deliveries intentionally. Horrible batting chasing 345

Yes u need him out like the others obviously.. 25 off 34 with them bowling extremely well. Wicket to wicket they are which we have not heard off

 

[chinaman00]

Gautam Gambhir predicted Babar will lead scoring charts in WC.
I lost all my admiration for him as an analyst that day

He didn’t want to say Kohli

 

[7sins]

why did the bowling fail so badly today?

Once parchi players start dropping catches that bound to happen

 

[shortbread]

The problem when chasing these big scores is that it allows batsmen to achieve personal milestones in a losing cause! They know fully well that a 50 elongates their careers by another dozen odd games.

 

[Syed1]

Man this Abdullah is very frustrating batsman. We dropped Fakhar for this?

Atleast Fakhar would have dispatched a couple to the boundary before skying one. This guy is just playing for his 50.

 

[kron]

I don't know about data & simply don't care about them. I care what I mainly see with my own eyes. I have seen him taking apart some wrist spinners like Zampa, Shamsi, Sodhi etc. They may not be the best examples but they are more or less the first choice spinners of their respective teams. I don't ever remember him doing that to any frontline fast bowler. He used to bully trundlers, now it seems even that art has left him. I know it's not going to happen but Babar fanclub needs to calm down & just not overhype him something he is not & never will be.

Yea he has issues vs proper pace and bounce.

Against aus, India his record isn't good vs the top bowlers.
He has done well vs kiwis and ok vs england lead bowlers.

I am not sure about SA but I think he does struggle vs nortje and rabada if they are fully fit and firing.

 

[OldWarHorse]

If the lengths are decent these batsmen just don't have a way to score. So easy to tie them down

 

[Devadwal]

why did the bowling fail so badly today?

Expected from trundler pace attack .

 

[castortroy]

Pak clearly given up on chasing this score and more interested in NRR

 

[Mockingbird]

These guys were probably expecting dew from ball 1. No other game plan!

 

[Syed1]

The batting is so dull that comms are talking about random stuff

 

[hitthestump]

why did the bowling fail so badly today?

The bowling performed as expected.

 

[mominsaigol]

Strike rotation with the odd boundary.

Classic approach is the best approach.

What a pakistani supporter you are. Mashallah you have such a world class team playing.

Abh samaj ai? I kept saying they'd get exposed by top tier teams. Infact it's worse then I predicted.

I predicted they'd get thrashed by SENA and India but Sri lanka would be a close contest. Kusal mendis outbatted the entire opposition today. Babar azam support zindabad.

This is what happens when you enjoy nuking c string teams rather then grooming players in 4 years like India nd NZ did. Besides saud, this team is useless

 

[GLORY OF '92]

I wish we could once get off to a blazing start

People used to hate on Afridi, Kami etc

 

[rhony]

SL trapped Babar down the leg side. It was a plan. The first ball in that over was a wide down the leg side and both commentators mentioned that line is dangerous for Babar as he goes hard at the balls down the leg side. Two balls later, there's that line again and he's gone

 

[kron]

120 in 60 to 70 balls isn't hard to chase down. We need to get to that stage though.

 

[m.shah]

Abdullah should be dropped from the next game for this dumb knock.

He is blatantly playing for himself here!

He is selfish. Clearly playing for himself. Tuk tuking when rrr is more than 8

 

[Aviator]

Shafique is trying to secure his place for next 5 matches by toiling to 50...Such looser mentality.

 

[Mankaded]

Pak clearly given up on chasing this score and more interested in NRR

Its just the 13th over. Relax.

 

[Mp812]

Abdullah getting settled here.

If we have wickets in hand we can knock down 180 in the last 10.

I doubt even Eng or NZ with their type of batters can do that.... 110 in 10 is ok....but 180 in 10 I guess
by 2033 that may be realistic

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Like I said before Mendis is far superior to any Pakistan batsman

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Classy shots from Abdullah.

 

[Mercurial]

Dropping Fakhar was a regrettable choice, especially considering that it was in favor of the relatively inexperienced Shafique

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Spinners will be a chance for quick runs or will they choke us even more?

 

[Zeshan547]

Pehlay khud he required rate 8+ kru phr press the panic button and get out uselessly. Rinse and repeat. That's Pak best chasing strategy for you.

 

[Aseem_Khan]

Well they won the test against Sri Lanka for Pakistan

You are my favourite poster here, Most of the your assessment about players skill set is spot on.

 

[RehanG]

What is the plan, i dont really understand. Tuk Tuk untill 40 overs and then all out 44?

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Dropping Fakhar was a regrettable choice, especially considering that it was in favor of the relatively inexperienced Shafique

Man he was wasn't working one bit, barely made anything against Dutch, problem is there is no bench strength at all

 

[happydavy]

This is very strange and uninspiring batting. None of the 5 players until now has even tried to take some risks to up the runrate.

 

[shah_1]

This is so messed up

 

[castortroy]

Serious question, how many runs will India smash against this pak attack?

Nawaz and Shadab during that middle phase against India will be absolute carnage.

 

[emranabbas]

What's the plan for this chase anyone understand?

 

[MMHS]

@MMHS your opinion on the chase?

Not much to chase to be honest - if somehow PAK comes even close, it’ll be an achievement. The game was lost by the bowlers- SRL finished remarkably poor, hence ended 35 less than what it should’ve been.

I think, if any team is to chase 344, have to score 150 in first 20 overs. I can’t recall any successful chase over 330, where asking went up after PP

 

[Syed1]

Tuk tuk Abdullah has played 40 balls still struggling to find gaps in spread out field.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is 4th match for Pakistan at hyderabad right? Including warm ups.

 

[NeVerMind]

Abdallah flukes a 6 with some comical fielding from the Sri Lankans

 

[Usman Chadda]

He is selfish. Clearly playing for himself. Tuk tuking when rrr is more than 8

Surely there should be some penalty for this blatant selfishness?

He hasn’t hit a single shot that would say is a proper cricketing stroke.

 

[Mas-LFC]

I wanted to check how many matches my home ground in Bengaluru has and it was allotted 5 matches. Guess each ground has 4-5 matches in the league stage.

India has so many quality stadiums I guess gotta share it amongst them! Can’t wait to see the Ind v Pak in Modi stadium. Gonna be world record crowed for cricket for sure and lit up cwc23!

 

[imshally81]

Six

 

[7sins]

3 dots and a 6

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Abdullah breaking the shackles.

Fielders left stunned.

 

[mominsaigol]

Why was rizzu sent ahead of saud? When you clearly need to get a move on?

Why are we so spinless? If this was England, the last thing they'd do is send root, root is only sent either batting first or if chasing the rr is low and England collapses.

Brainless thinking. This is why I have rizwan and this is what I was talking about. A time would come when we need a high score and saud is clearly the man to send but noooooo, Rizzu can't give up his no 4.