live ICC Cricket World Cup The only team that has made the tournament interesting and watchable is the South African team, whose aggressive batting has captivated the hearts of cricket fans.
On the contrary, the Pakistan team, which was among the strong contenders to become the champion in the World Cup, has now reached a point where prayers are being asked more than the game, from its worst performance.
Although it has been the tradition of the Pakistani team that they have been facing similar difficulties for the past several World Cups, but for a long time before the current World Cup, due to the first position in the ICC ranking and the famous players, everyone expected that the team would be good. will perform and easily reach the semi-final stage but all expectations have been proved wrong so far.
Having lost three out of five important matches, the Pakistani team is now waiting for the worst performance of any team on the points table to get some access. His condition is like that of a sinking ship, whose rudder is not supporting it and stormy waves are ready to overrun it.
The Pakistani team plays its crucial and perhaps last match against South Africa on Friday as a defeat in this match would completely block their path to the semi-finals and a win would revive them.
Pakistan, winners of the 1992 World Cup and finalists in the 1999 World Cup, this last chance is also on a par with Australia, who lost their two crucial matches to make way for Pakistan but It is reassuring that he might have some difficulty only with New Zealand, otherwise England and the rest of the teams are easier for him.
South Africa, whose performance so far has taken everyone by surprise. He also suffered an unexpected defeat against the Netherlands. Now they have to face Pakistan on the same pitch, on which Afghanistan’s spinners had thrashed Pakistan’s world-class batsmen and broken the bowling back.
The Pakistani team is a victim of ‘Agar Magar’
The loss to Afghanistan has greatly demoralized the Pakistani team. A failed defense of 282 runs against a ninth-ranked team has stuck like a bone in the team’s throat.
The bowlers that Pakistan was proud of became babies against the baby team and forgot their line length while the batsmen focused their batting on individual scores instead of the overall score, which did not lead to big scores.
Now in this ‘hit or die’ match against South Africa, the team is in a state of panic and indecision about which batsman to feed and whom to get out.
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Critics have been very critical of Imam-ul-Haq, who scores runs but at a slow rate which burdens the batting.
Opener Fakhar Zaman is fit and likely to be included in his place. The rest of Pakistan’s batting may remain the same, but Salman Ali Agha may be included in place of Saud Shakeel, but the captain’s vote is currently with Saud.
The decision to add one more spinner to the bowling is still undecided. If that happens, Mohammad Nawaz can be included in Haris Rauf’s place, but the worry is that Pakistan’s proud fast bowling attack has failed miserably. No bowler has been able to bowl a winning bowler in any match and has not been able to trouble the rival team.
The tough part for Pakistan is that Hasan Ali is suffering from fever and Wasim Jr has been included in his place. If it becomes necessary to feed Nawaz, then Osama Mir can be dropped.
Self-confidence South Africa
The way the South African team defeated Bangladesh in the last match has boosted their confidence a lot.
The way the South African batsmen batted against Bangladesh’s spinners proved wrong that the spinners could trouble them. Although it was not a Chennai pitch, if their batting had the same aggressiveness, it is not far off that the Pakistani spinners would also get to see the same.
Quinton de Kock is the top scorer with 407 runs while Henry Klaasen has become a real threat for everyone with a strike rate of 150. Aiden Markram and Johnson are also in very good form.
South Africa’s bowling is also performing well. Keshav Maharaj’s spin bowling along with Kagiso Rabada, Coetzee and Johnson have played a major role in the team’s win. These bowlers have the ability to create problems for the Pakistani batsmen.
South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj celebrates with his team captain Temba Bawama after victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on October 7 (Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
If we talk about South Africa’s weakness, so far they have won all the matches by batting first. Only had to chase the target against the Netherlands and failed.
South Africa are in second position with 8 points from five matches but importantly they have the highest run rate.
There have been five matches between Pakistan and South Africa in all the past World Cups, of which South Africa have won three and Pakistan have won two.
Pitch behavior
The way Chennai’s pitch helped Afghanistan’s bowlers has given Pakistan high hopes. If there is spin in the pitch and the ball does not bounce, chances are high for Pakistan.
Importance of toss
The toss will be crucial in Chennai. The winning team will also bat first as the pitch will have adequate bounce in the first session while the pitch will slow down over time.
It will be the last chance for Pakistan to win this match and get back into the tournament, but they will need to win all the matches to reach the next stage.
The Pakistan team’s performance so far will not expect any big success in Friday’s match, but the fans are reminiscing about the 1992 World Cup and hoping that, just as Pakistan, despite only three points in the fifth match, will win their last match. After winning four matches, they reached the semi-finals, maybe this time too, but in that World Cup, Australia paved the way for Pakistan by unexpectedly defeating the West Indies.
It is possible that England will achieve the same feat against Australia this time, but all predictions will be valid at the same time, if the Pakistani team wins all the matches themselves.
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2024-09-29 16:00:23
