Our chances of topping the group & facing Bangladesh in the semi-final?

[SarfiBabarHaris]

God dammit, you guys hyping me up for this game on Monday. The fact that there's a chance Pakistan could go to the semi final with Azhar, Hafeez and Shehzad. Well the latter being taken out it still amazes me man.

Exactly. Pakistan reaching semis with Azhar, Hafeez, Shehzad will be massive and tbh never expected it as half of your batting is pathetic.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Would rather play BD or Eng than Australia. Our batsmen will struggle big time against Aussie pace attack.
Apart from Wood, Eng fast bowlers dont give us much of a threat.

 

[Pak_lover6]

Basically this!

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

From a Bangladesh perspective , if we do make the semis I would rather face any team from the other Group in a semi final than each and every teams we have in our group ATM currently. Each and every team in this group could have won the tournament, damn difficult group to be in.

And Bangladesh has had good history versus every team in the other group in recent times. Winning a series versus three of them and drawing one away from home

 

[Imran Hasan]

I would be highly delighted if your wish comes true!

 

[hisham_ashraf]

If somehow we top the group and have to play Bangladesh in semis then it should not be a problem for us to reach the final,but that seems unlikely as there are too many iffs and buts in between for that to happen.

 

[BDfanforever]

Semi Final

Eng vs SRL/PAK
Aus vs SA/IND

Final
Eng vs Aus

Champion
Aus

 

[Square Drive]

Hope it rains on Sunday and then we beat SL.

 

[Zeshan547]

From a Bangladesh perspective , if we do make the semis I would rather face any team from the other Group in a semi final than each and every teams we have in our group ATM currently. Each and every team in this group could have won the tournament, damn difficult group to be in.

And Bangladesh has had good history versus every team in the other group in recent times. Winning a series versus three of them and drawing one away from home

Oh hold your breath, I think both finalist will be from group B, most likely India and Pak, what will you say then? Sour grapes.

 

[zyrus]

I cant visualize how will it feel if Pakistans play Bangladesh and they trash us out of the CT

 

[Shafi]

You are expecting too much from a team which still has players like Hafeez and Azhar in the playing eleven.

 

[Shafi]

I personally have no hope of qualifying for the final unless we play Bangladesh.

What I saw in Sri Lanka vs India match, there is no way we can win but salvage our pride by loosing less than 100 runs

 

[Energetic]

I think India and Pakistan will go through. The game against Sri Lanka will be close. I think Bangladesh will steal the spot from Australia, as England are in red-hot form.

India v Bangladesh
England v Pakistan

I know if that happens India and England will stroll through, but since it's a knock-out, on the day, anything can happen.

 

[Imran Hasan]

Need to know how Pak/Sl can make the top spot defying SA and India. Seems to me Srilanka have that chance more than Pakistan as Pak nrr is poor. If either of the side dont topping then I will prefer SA rather than India. BD have more (if they have any) chance against SA than the India.

 

[MMHS]

ENG-PAK/SRL
SAF-BD

I think, with out spin attack, we do have a better chance against SAF, who are not the best team under pressure.

Between PAK-SRL, I feel SRL will bolt it big time after their emotional big win.

 

[Mamoon]

Thank you South Africa, take a bow.

#ProteaFire

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Thank you South Africa, take a bow.

#ProteaFire

They'll be fine win plenty of bilaterals til 2019 WC

 

[Sanzcool]

To finish as Group B topper:
- SL need to win by around 294 runs.

- Pak need to win by around 267 runs.

- Team bowling first cannot pip India come what may.

Good Luck on scoring 267

 

[captain crook]

Bhai [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION].. people are dreaming about facing Bangladesh. Let's all not act like saints here. Everyone underestimates Bangladesh.

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

To finish as Group B topper:
- SL need to win by around 294 runs.

- Pak need to win by around 267 runs.

- Team bowling first cannot pip India come what may.

Good Luck on scoring 267

I think Pak Nrr is more bad but according to your prediction they need to score less?

 

[Mlscicfan]

ENG-PAK/SRL
SAF-BD

I think, with out spin attack, we do have a better chance against SAF, who are not the best team under pressure.

Between PAK-SRL, I feel SRL will bolt it big time after their emotional big win.

Wrong guess ... It's India in Semis2

 

[MMHS]

Wrong guess ... It's India in Semis2

More than guess, it was my expectation

We'll see .....................

 

[ammar_merry]

Semi Final

Eng vs SRL/PAK
Aus vs SA/IND

Final
Eng vs Aus

Champion
Aus

exactly

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Winning margin need to be 292 for Pak and 297 for SL to be top of the table of NRR.

Almost impossible.

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

Winning margin need to be 292 for Pak and 297 for SL to be top of the table of NRR.

Almost impossible.

Brother I have already asked this question, different tables are showing Pak nrr being worst among group B so how come they have to score less to top the table.

 

[ToeCrusher2]

Winning margin need to be 292 for Pak and 297 for SL to be top of the table of NRR.

Almost impossible.

Pak need to win by 267 runs, didn't calculate for Sri lanka

 

[Shafi]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION], What make you think if we manage to face Bangladesh we will win? Bangladesh has better line up than us in every department. We already loose 30% of our games when Azhar and Hafeez in our playing XI

 

[marlonbrowndo]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION], What make you think if we manage to face Bangladesh we will win? Bangladesh has better line up than us in every department. We already loose 30% of our games when Azhar and Hafeez in our playing XI

Because it's better than facing England maybe?

 

[Shafi]

Because it's better than facing England maybe?

Yes, because England choke against spin.

 

[Indiafan]

Brother I have already asked this question, different tables are showing Pak nrr being worst among group B so how come they have to score less to top the table.

Because Pak has conceded less runs overall than Sri Lanka I assume. Sri Lanka has scored more runs than Pak. Since Pak's base of runs conceded is small, to get over the NRR, they need lesser runs

 

[Navdeep Srivastava]

[MENTION=3327]Indiafan[/MENTION] ok now it make sense, Pak both matches combined overs are 68( 41 over match against India and 27 over match against SA.)

 

[Indiafan]

Because Pak has conceded less runs overall than Sri Lanka I assume. Sri Lanka has scored more runs than Pak. Since Pak's base of runs conceded is small, to get over the NRR, they need lesser runs

Also because Sri Lanka have batted almost 100 overs and Pak only about 70

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Should Pakistan look to top Group B to avoid England in the semis?

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Considering the team that tops Group B gets to face Bangladesh in the semifinal, a team one would rather face than England who are at the top of their game, should Pakistan go for the kill and look to top Group B? Here is the equation for Pakistan to top the group:

Target 350, chase it in 15 overs.
Target 300, chase it in 13 overs.
Target 250, chase it in 10.4 overs.
Target 200, chase it in 8.1 overs.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Yes azhar will score a 40 ball 100

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Oops I meant 100 ball 40

 

[Mamoon]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION], What make you think if we manage to face Bangladesh we will win? Bangladesh has better line up than us in every department. We already loose 30% of our games when Azhar and Hafeez in our playing XI

Our chances of beating Bangladesh are 100% higher than our chances of beating England, regardless of their potential to choke against spin. They will score 320 against our attack 9/10 times.

 

[Vitaly]

Sri Lanka are in control of this match till now.

 

[badsha001]

So what's the situation now? chase in less than 20 overs?

 

[ToeCrusher2]

So what's the situation now? chase in less than 20 overs?

nope in about 10 overs

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Uppending India's RR

How quickly would , theoretically, the match have to be won ?

 

[Abdullah719]

How quickly would , theoretically, the match have to be won ?

A few overs ago.