How will it be possible for the Pakistan team to reach the semi-finals of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023?
38 matches have been played in the 45 preliminary stage, New Zealand and Afghanistan team with green shirts are in the race for the final four, these three teams have 8 and 8 points respectively.
Kiwis have run rate advantage over Pakistan, while Afghanistan still have 2 matches left, India and South Africa have reached the semi-finals and Australia’s position in the event is stable.
The Pakistan team has made a brilliant comeback in the mega event. Babar Azam’s XI achieved their best win against New Zealand since Bangladesh, after which the entire nation’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals have once again been dashed.
But how will this be possible? Because 2 out of 4 berths have been given to India and South Africa and Australia’s position is stable for the third position with 10 points and still 2 matches left, which means it is almost ready to go to the semi-finals.
Now the competition is for the fourth position, which has 3 candidates; Pakistan, New Zealand and Afghanistan, which have 8 points each.
New Zealand have the better run rate of the two and their last match will be against Sri Lanka on November 9. On the other hand, Afghanistan have 2 matches left, one against Australia on November 7 and one against South Africa on November 10.
Amid all this, Pakistan is getting an advantage that its last match is against England on November 11, after the New Zealand and Afghanistan matches are over.
Now in the last league match Pakistan has to win by how many runs against England, or how many overs to achieve the target? His calculation will be with him, meaning the path to the Final Four will be in his hands.
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