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

[gani999]

If we lose this game, are we done for the wc?

If Pak lose this game they have to win against India, BD, AUS, England, NZ, Afghanistan and SA.

Even Afghanistan isn't easy.

 

[160KPH]

Why is everyone here so dramatic today? Game has just begun, chill.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Tuk tuk, no singles and let the tail enders worry abt 11 runs an over

 

[Mas-LFC]

Pak ain’t gotta clue on how to play odis need to write to icc take odi status away from them save them the embarrassment.

Both BD n Pak dont know how to bat in ODI’s against any decent opposition or top sides. Both are clueless how to pace an innings, how to start well and how to finish. Unless the play minnows like Holland and Afg.

 

[Asif321]

Abdullah has technique but not a modern day opener .

 

[Shafi]

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What kind of comment is this he's been captain for more than 3 years now

I meant this guy cannot play decent against any main team.

 

[7sins]

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 came in because he did well in odis. And have a solid technique man I would have taken Mohammad Haris 6 -10 quick runs over these jokers

 

[Smbhayi]

That's a quality shot by Abdullah

 

[160KPH]

If Pak lose this game they have to win against India, BD, AUS, England, NZ, Afghanistan and SA.

Even Afghanistan isn't easy.

No they would not have to beat all of those teams to qualify. Far from it.

 

[Devadwal]

Nice shots

 

[ex-q-zit]

Any suggestions who will get the Impact player award from Mickey later tonight? Guess its Imam as his dropped catch impacted the result in a huge way.

 

[mominsaigol]

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?

Yes, Babar had a love affair with his technique and decided to bring him on lol.

 

[Mahee]

as I said earlier, Rizwan is the most dangerous batsman this tournament

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Madushanka has a horrible action.

 

[shah_1]

Abdullah is another Hafeez minus the bowling

 

[Adi_62945]

Babar is very vulnerable under pressure.

 

[castortroy]

From all the attacks I have seen so far in this WC, pak bowling attack is probably one of the worst.

You have 3 very expensive seamers and the worst spin attack in the game.

Combine that would the comical pak fielding which has always been terrible, this could arguable be the worst pak 50 ovs team ever

 

[7sins]

Any suggestions who will get the Impact player award from Mickey later tonight? Guess its Imam as his dropped catch impacted the result in a huge way.

Mickey and all the staff deserved a sack along with the captain and vice captain

 

[Mankaded]

Should have boycotted the worldcup but no people wanted to come and play india in the final and win the world cup

Jeet lo worldcup

Should've boycotted the Asia Cup, should've boycotted the WC.

 

[7sins]

Babar is very vulnerable under pressure.

He's a choker

 

[ChTab]

Abdullah & Saud are 10 times better than this fraud Azam. Hope they could get an extended run in the team.

 

[Asif321]

Rizwan still hasn’t fixed how to not fall at in dipper just like imam short ball failures

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Man, we needed that luck

 

[boomboomcheema]

NZ scored a way below par score in that match. chasing 245 is ideal for Babar as he can take his own sweet time whereas chasing 345 he needs to bat at a higher gear from ball 1 which he cannot.

Fans have been hyping his knock in a 245 chase so much that the target 245 has become ceiling , any target above it is out of reach for Babar.

 

[7sins]

Abdullah & Saud are 10 times better than this fraud Azam. Hope they could get an extended run in the team.

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?

 

[shah_1]

Joke of a batsman

 

[castortroy]

Watch what India, Australia and England do to Srilanka

We have already seen how SA dealt with them

 

[Smbhayi]

Look likes it Rizwan's day.. already survived 3 close calls in 6 deliveries..

 

[imshally81]

Not out

Review lost

 

[Mas-LFC]

Incredible that Pakistan hasn’t hit a 6 in the first 10 overs in ages

 

[Azzurri]

Stop giving yourself false hopes. This team is losing most of the upcoming matches and that too embarrassingly

 

[7sins]

Look likes it Rizwan's day.. already survived 3 close calls in 6 deliveries..

I have no complain about Rizwan he always (most of the time) does well against better teams as compared to choker babar

 

[castortroy]

Need 6 wins. Bash minnows. Try and beat nz, England. I have no faith vs aus at all.

India is 60 40 India's favour.

England is still a tad overrated. On helpful pitches they struggle badly.

Nz have usually been our bunnies for a while. So let's wait and watch.

Is this a wind up lol

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Good bowling, full length follwed by bouncer

 

[Rana]

Powerplay wasted

 

[karthikc]

Incredible that Pakistan hasn’t hit a 6 in the first 10 overs in ages

Surely the coach should be addressing this

 

[Mankaded]

15 runs behind target atm.

 

[NeVerMind]

Good to see we sticking to our guns and not adapting to the situation and not hitting any 6s in the power play! Well done boys...

 

[Amjid Javed]

36 dot balls from 60 balls in PP (60%)

Pathetic

 

[Mas-LFC]

Lanka lose a review.

 

[Syed1]

Typical Pak powerplay. 48-2 after 10, zero sixes hit. Mashallah

 

[Amjid Javed]

Powerplay wasted

36 dot balls from 60 balls in PP (60%)

Amazing effort

 

[Aseem_Khan]

I want saud shakeel and Abdullah Shafiq win it for pakistan. As a cricket enthusiasts nation ,all pakistan fan don't deserve this mediocre performance and early exit. I sincerely win pakistan win it.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Need to get moving now, else we are looking at 100 plus loss

 

[emranabbas]

What's rizwan done why everyone pointing at him

 

[Ali T]

Always have hope that we can chase but with Babar gone it's going to be difficult

 

[Syed1]

36 dot balls from 60 balls in PP (60%)

Pathetic

This is the "Pakistan way"


Pathetic side.

 

[MRSN]

This team was never ready for world cup. apart from few players, rest are either playing because of friendships(Shadab) or nepotism (Imam) and our bowling is overhyped.

 

[CerebralPatriot]

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

Now does everyone understand why we said what we said

 

[ex-q-zit]

Incredible that Pakistan hasn’t hit a 6 in the first 10 overs in ages

The only 6 hitter in PP is woefully out of form. Abdullah, Imam, Babar and Rizwan who usually play in PP all only hit along teh ground. So its not surprising.

 

[VForVendetta]

You might be right. Need to dig the data but someone posted not too long ago. Record vs bounce and pace is not great

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.

 

[Asif321]

Why Rizwan keeps falling

 

[Sherazkhalid]

36 dot balls from 60 balls in PP (60%)

Amazing effort

They have no idea even in 2023 to not waste balls and play dots

 

[7sins]

What's rizwan done why everyone pointing at him

He's less of choker than flop babar. Rizwan most of the times done really well

 

[Ali T]

Abdullah looks fragile with no intent but can't blame him. Hardly played any list A games and he was drafted in during a world cup. What do you expect ?

 

[Spitfire]

If Pak lose this game they have to win against India, BD, AUS, England, NZ, Afghanistan and SA.

Even Afghanistan isn't easy.

That too on a Chennai wicket.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

That should have been 2, not sure how hard was that hit

 

[7sins]

Shanaka bowling cheap overs so he don't have to bowl later on

 

[ex-q-zit]

If Pakistan lose this match I am sure the Indian team will have butterflies in their stomach on Saturday as Pakistan plays its best when they down and out. This is a worrying thing for Indian fans. Hope India wins on Saturday.

 

[mrtaim3]

Why Rizwan keeps falling

He always falls over, this is how he plays. Gets out because of too often

 

[Smbhayi]

What's rizwan done why everyone pointing at him

Some problem with helmet..

 

[Technics 1210]

200 run partnership coming up.

 

[mominsaigol]

I want saud shakeel and Abdullah Shafiq win it for pakistan. As a cricket enthusiasts nation ,all pakistan fan don't deserve this mediocre performance and early exit. I sincerely win pakistan win it.

Well they won the test against Sri Lanka for Pakistan

 

[7sins]

If Pakistan lose this match I am sure the Indian team will have butterflies in their stomach on Saturday as Pakistan plays its best when they down and out. This is a worrying thing for Indian fans. Hope India wins on Saturday.

Bhai bas kar dai stop comparing this crap team against that Indian team enough is enough

 

[Syed1]

If Pakistan lose this match I am sure the Indian team will have butterflies in their stomach on Saturday as Pakistan plays its best when they down and out. This is a worrying thing for Indian fans. Hope India wins on Saturday.

India could field their u19 side and still beat friends XI

 

[Sherazkhalid]

That too on a Chennai wicket.

We are losing to SENA plus India, only question is who else can manage to beat us. SL seems to be doing it for now.

 

[Ahmed216]

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

 

[Mankaded]

Why Rizwan keeps falling

Practicing for incoming cramp time.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Surely the coach should be addressing this

Gotta address it quick. Need some 6s in first pp

 

[NeVerMind]

If Pakistan lose this match I am sure the Indian team will have butterflies in their stomach on Saturday as Pakistan plays its best when they down and out. This is a worrying thing for Indian fans. Hope India wins on Saturday.

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....

 

[shariqnoor]

Pakistan will concede 400 at least once against India/Australia/SA/England here. The easiest way to not let that happen is to bat first.

A humiliating World Cup is on the cards. Potentially 5 straight defeats coming up. I would say Pakistan is losing to Afghanistan as well.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Abdullah getting settled here.

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

 

[7sins]

Can't even take 5-6 singles against this shanaka trundler

 

[shah_1]

Expect mistime shot from Abdullah against spin to get out


He looks the most hopeless batsman, there is no courage to look for shots

 

[Usman Chadda]

I’m not sure what the plan is here?

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

 

[ex-q-zit]

Bhai bas kar dai stop comparing this crap team against that Indian team enough is enough

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.

 

[7sins]

Abdullah getting settled here.

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

Kiya start ho raha hai ? Am I watching some other match ?

 

[DeadlyVenom]

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

Maybe he counted warm up matches too.

 

[Syed1]

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

 

[7sins]

Run rate is nearing 8 and these duds can't even take 5 6 singles