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Not much to say but I don’t think we deserve to be semi finalists despite winning this. We were very poor while batting and don’t even get me started on Sarfraz’s antics.

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Really? I think Pakistan solidified their credentials and proved that they deserve to qualify for the semifinals. Not every team can beat a world class outfit in spite of every decision going against them.

This team has proved me wrong today. I deserve this humiliation.
 
If that Gulbaddin even had a pea-sized brain, you would have lost this for sure. Bangladesh is more likely to beat you in the next game if you play like this.
 
One of the most tense matches of cricket I have ever witnessed as a Pak fan!

It was tense because we were up against arrogant minnows and more importantly a must win to secure a semi final spot.

The players must of felt 10X more tension than fans!

Some really poor decisions esp from the captain, terrible and shocking!

But the sign of a champion team is they win when they are not playing well. :ik
 
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Terrible performance.

But the important this is we won

We beat strong teams and weak ones
 
We would have lost the game practically if the umpires had not given us a couple of lives.

Poor doesn't even cover it.
 
Sarfaraz yet again failed to take the lead. He needs to be rid of even if pak wins the wc
 
This win almost did more harm than it did good. A humiliating loss would at least have forced the PCB to address the issues which are apparent despite the run of wins. It was an awful performance with both bat and ball.
 
Yes we played poorly but got over the line. If we play like this against Bangladesh, we will lose.
 
Oh please get a life. Its the world cup, there is no easy game here. Thanks to Allah for saving us from the embarrassment.
 
Dude , when God have blessingson you, then alll variables will go in your favor. Both Imad and Haris were not umpires. Australia always enjoys such decisions.
 
Are we seriously going to follow this line of thought? To borrow a term we use here in America, this was Afghanistan's Super Bowl. No chance at a semifinal spot, massive hatred for Pakistan despite everything Pakistani cricket has done for the Afghans, all that huge and massive trash talk from ACB leadership before the match, Afghanistan was going to be fired up from the toss onwards.
Besides, if this was a poor performance by Pakistan, then we should also reprimand India for bringing it down to the last over as well.
 
This performance almost give me heart attack but then again we win at last that's what matter
 
Irrespective we saw ho things were this match was always going Pak's way, Gulabo is the worst captain and player I have seen in a while..
 
What nonsense. Yes, we played poorly but those expecting us to beat Afghanistan by 10 wickets are deluded.

Afghanistan has troubled stronger teams in this tournament. They almost beat India as well.
 
India also messed up so its OK. Afg is playing well. What important is that, Pakistan winning the key moments. Doesn't matter who the opposition is.
 
Wow what a nail biter
Full marks to the tail enders
But we need to think of over top order except Haris and Babar.
 
Arsal_AK said:
We would have lost the game practically if the umpires had not given us a couple of lives.

Poor doesn't even cover it.
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Not to mention Gulbaddin history making turn today. Had he shown even an iota of thinking prowess, it was hopeless for us.
 
Everything happens for a reason. Pakistan won't take Bangladesh lightly now.

Mamoon, let's keep quiet until all the league matches are done. God knows we have performed better than your beloved England so far at the stage where it matters most.
 
Of course it was but what matters is we got over the line!...

We blow hot and cold...today was cold...but thankfully it hasn't cost us...great stuff from Wahab with his broken finger...and Imad...they weathered the storm...

Awful from Gulbadin...and Sarfraz though...
 
The pitch was turning square. These kind of gritty performances will give the loads of confidence. Pakistan Zindabad!!!
 
Bad game yes, but these kind of games are bound to happen when you play do/die match over do/die match.

What matters is they won and they keep on surviving.:pakflag2:pakflag2
 
Should have won this by 7 wickets against a minnow team, Pakistan are still a hit and miss side. ...do't really deserve to be in the top four.
 
One thing is for sure, we can’t chase. And now every team knows to make us chase and unleash spinners. Bangladesh match will be tough. Also, need to kick out Shadab who can’t even middle a ball. This guy was blocking in the last overs. Chasing is just not for Pakistan. If Pak wants to win, they must win the toss or else go home cuz we can’t chase anything over 240.
 
It wasn’t our greatest performance, however the main thing was to get the 2 points.

What a game though. So tense and nerve wrangling.
 
I am happy, my WC is done and dusted. I can understand (and somewhat agree to, not going to go into politics/history) BD beef with us but these Afghanis, who have nothing but heroin and we opened our land for them and they hate us to no end. Serve them good, serve them right, thankless bunch of morons.
 
Everyone saying we don’t deserve to go through because of this performance can jog on. They have troubled the likes of India which the likes of Mamoon conveniently forget.

All that matters is the win, nothing else.
 
saeedhk said:
One thing is for sure, we can’t chase. And now every team knows to make us chase and unleash spinners. Bangladesh match will be tough. Also, need to kick out Shadab who can’t even middle a ball. This guy was blocking in the last overs. Chasing is just not for Pakistan. If Pak wants to win, they must win the toss or else go home cuz we can’t chase anything over 240.
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Rather than kick him out, just send Shadab behind Wahab...
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
This win almost did more harm than it did good. A humiliating loss would at least have forced the PCB to address the issues which are apparent despite the run of wins. It was an awful performance with both bat and ball.
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Disagree. When you win a match like this you feel your name may well be on the trophy. Afghanistan were well in control after Sarfraz was run out but somehow Pakistan found a win to cross the line, this is much much tougher than cruising to victory as we did against NZ.
 
the_game said:
Everything happens for a reason. Pakistan won't take Bangladesh lightly now.

Mamoon, let's keep quiet until all the league matches are done. God knows we have performed better than your beloved England so far at the stage where it matters most.
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😁
 
Great innings from Imad best innings of life
Credit to Wahab also
 
You have to accept that Pakistan are like this, they're never going to be those clinical winners. This was an expected performance for me, especially given the turning pitch and the fact that they'd humbled NZ the match before, a mixture of complacency and conditions suiting the opposition. Also shows that Pak do possess some mental strength aswell.
 
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Congratz to Pakistan on the win and to Afghanistan for playing their heart out

I was praying like crazy and I ended up in tears when Pakistan won. What a match it had it ups and downs and Pakistan did get lucky but they were able to get across the line

Pakistan will have to be better in the field and will have to have more match awareness Sarfraz needs to start making better decisions as well as a captain


Good news is the boys will get some rest and will play Bangladesh on Friday that will not be an easy match but hopefully the boys can make something happen
 
enigmatic_stani said:
Everyone saying we don’t deserve to go through because of this performance can jog on. They have troubled the likes of India which the likes of Mamoon conveniently forget.

All that matters is the win, nothing else.
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India isn’t 6th and they are coasting without worrying about other results. No need of comparing us with them.
 
Terrible performance and absolutely bonkers win.

Hafeez really needs to be dropped to 6. I'm not sure how many times he has to show that he can't be relied upon... enough is enough at this point.

I also want to know whose bright idea was it to start Fakhar in the first over vs a spinner on when its Imad who always takes that first ball. Ridiculous strategy right there.
 
Mamoon said:
Really? I think Pakistan solidified their credentials and proved that they deserve to qualify for the semifinals. Not every team can beat a world class outfit in spite of every decision going against them.

This team has proved me wrong today. I deserve this humiliation.
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Whom are you mocking? Pakistan fans know this is an average, inconsistent team that rides on momentum. I don't see PPers saying this Pakistan team is better than India. You are making up stuff and acting smart.
 
KingKhanWC said:
One of the most tense matches of cricket I have ever witnessed as a Pak fan!

It was tense because we were up against arrogant minnows and more importantly a must win to secure a semi final spot.

The players must of felt 10X more tension than fans!

Some really poor decisions esp from the captain, terrible and shocking!

But the sign of a champion team is they win when they are not playing well. :ik
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Oh yes this was a champion teams performance. Everyone is quaking in their boots after you were supposed to improve your net run rate and make light work of the only absolute gimme in this tournament.
 
Pakistan should not have allowed Afghanistan to score those many runs on that wicket

The ineffectiveness of our spinners from overs 15-40 and the pacers not picking up wickets is really beginning to worry me. We literally got out of jail today because of Afghanistan's inexperience and a terrible decision by their captain to bring himself on at a crucial juncture on a wicket assisting spinners.

Bangladesh is going to attack us with their spinners and they will not let us off the hook as Afghanistan did. Why cant Sarfaraz give Haris Sohail a few overs in the middle to see how he does?
 
Oh Pakistan! Love you.

What. A. Win.

Credit to Afghanistan for fighting it 'til the end.

Fights inside the stadium are a disgrace.
 
I agree. Our spin attack is pathetic. Decent spinners would have ensured NZ and Afghanistan got lower scores than they did.
 
rollingstoned said:
Oh yes this was a champion teams performance. Everyone is quaking in their boots after you were supposed to improve your net run rate and make light work of the only absolute gimme in this tournament.
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You dont understand the point.

To win long tournaments and to win leagues in any sport, you have to find a way to win when you are having a shocking day or shocking period of play. Man City did this in the PL and LFC did it in the CL.

If you can find a way, this means even in serious trouble under serious pressure, somehow you did it. This gives the players and team a strong mental edge going forward.
 
Feeling sorry for Afghanistan

Considering that two decisions went against them.I feel sorry for them. Had these decisions gone the other way we would have probably lost.
To be honest pathetic performance by PCT. We are horrible against spin.
 
What do you expect from a 6th ranked team that has played like minnows for two years? We are closer in level to the likes of Afghanistan than teams like India, England etc., whom we can only beat by fluke. However, today, we had to fluke a win against Afghanistan as well.

This is a new low for Pakistan cricket. Probably the most humiliating victory in our history.
 
A moment of silence for those who feel benching Malik only but not Hafeez will solve our mental feebleness
 
On spinning track Haris can actually be more attacking option than Imad I agree. I am not sure how is Haris feeling about his knees, we definitely need his batting more than his bowling.
 
Cricket lover 27 said:
Considering that two decisions went against them.I feel sorry for them. Had these decisions gone the other way we would have probably lost.
To be honest pathetic performance by PCT. We are horrible against spin.
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Any other team I would feel sorry too but the Afghan fans didnt deserve a win.

My mate was at the stadium and said every stand had fights breakout!

Also the flyer from thr plane in the morning what a disgusting supporter fan base and cricket board. Good players though.
 
Look we won. That’s all that matters.
I remember watching the 1992 World Cup — we were woeful in the early stages and needed a huge slice of luck to qualify for the later stages.
Then we showed up.
That’s Pakistani cricket
 
KingKhanWC said:
You dont understand the point.

To win long tournaments and to win leagues in any sport, you have to find a way to win when you are having a shocking day or shocking period of play. Man City did this in the PL and LFC did it in the CL.

If you can find a way, this means even in serious trouble under serious pressure, somehow you did it. This gives the players and team a strong mental edge going forward.
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I get what you are saying bro but being jammy regularly isn't quite luck of the champions. Who knows though? The parallels with 92 are eerie.
 
Mamoon said:
What do you expect from a 6th ranked team that has played like minnows for two years? We are closer in level to the likes of Afghanistan than teams like India, England etc., whom we can only beat by fluke. However, today, we had to fluke a win against Afghanistan as well.

This is a new low for Pakistan cricket. Probably the most humiliating victory in our history.
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India drew an international match against Afghanistan. Pak team has been poor for sometime, no doubt about that but even they can be caught off guard against inferior teams.
 
Mamoon said:
What do you expect from a 6th ranked team that has played like minnows for two years? We are closer in level to the likes of Afghanistan than teams like India, England etc., whom we can only beat by fluke. However, today, we had to fluke a win against Afghanistan as well.

This is a new low for Pakistan cricket. Probably the most humiliating victory in our history.
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What a clown. England are teetering on tje brink and you are still hyping them.
 
Sorry for what? We beat them. Bam!
They wonn the toss got a spinning pitch and lost!

So why feeling sorry?
 
Feeling nothing for them

I am thankful to almighty that we didn’t lose to team with such violent supporters
 
It is because Pakistan doesn't have a big turner of the ball. Giving Haris a few overs won't do any harm though.

Apart from Shaheen all bowlers were lacklustre. Bottom line is on these pitches you have very little margin of error. So fitness, concentration , line and length etc needs to be perfect.
 
Kaptan said:
India was always in control in that match.

Pakistan was almost out until that Gulbadin's over.
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Tbf for the tinfoil hat sorts who suspect something nefarious this sort of match fuels that. There's a lot of arcanum around the Afghan team anyway. The 2 players they sent home werent even injured apparently ? And now for no reason the most ineffective bowler in their team bowls the most important overs and messes it up spectacularly.
 
Titan24 said:
On spinning track Haris can actually be more attacking option than Imad I agree. I am not sure how is Haris feeling about his knees, we definitely need his batting more than his bowling.
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Haris confirmed in the press conference that he was available to bowl if needed
 
An unbearably tense chase. Certainly was in my household. Somehow we ground out a dirty, ugly win.

The captain should be ashamed of himself for ducking responsibility yet again. He should've stayed out there but left it to the tail. Ironically Afghanistan lost it becsuse their captain took too much responsibility.

Those were tricky conditions and their spinners were better equipped than ours to exploit it, but we conceded several soft wickets. Needless to say we need to up our game against Bangladesh.
 
That was a thriller. Poor performance though by Pak. Congrats!!!

Eagerly waiting for tomorrow’s match now. Indiaaaaaaaa you have to win!!! :yk
 
Pakistan won back to back very close games while chasing. They are now a battle hardened side. Another close encounter against Bangladesh will make them more stronger for semis of they reach.
 
Don't feel sorry for them at all. I feel ecstatic. When we go to Dhaka despite our history we get massive support, imagine if we played in Kabul, our team would be lucky to make it out in one piece is the hate they have for us.
 
Afghans shouldn't have scored more than 185.

Very defensive captaincy allowing easy singles and not having slip fielders. Also Shaheen only bowled 3 in his first spell.

Asghar Stanikzai is poor against pacers yet Sarfraz persisted with spin. All this allowed them to score 40 extra.

A very lucky escape ... yet again. Seems like people forgot the Asia Cup group match.
 
If they won you would see their real face trailer of which was shown throughout the match.So God intended like this
 
They outplayed Pakistan but were extremely unlucky with the umpiring decisions. They should hold their heads high, but their captain is a numpty.
 
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