PAK vs BAN: Pakistan Qualification Scenario

Pakistan are very much in contention for the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup 2023. They displayed a staggering performance against Bangladesh in match 31 of the tournament and made sure that they kept themselves in the race for the business end of the tournament. With the win, they are now 5th on the points table.

Pakistan have two matches remaining in the ICC World Cup 2023. They will first face New Zealand on 4th November and then will take on England in their last league game of the tournament on 11th November. To keep themselves in the hunt, they first need to win both games.

Wins in their last two league games, however, will not be enough for Pakistan. They need some other results to go their way as well. The Babar Azam-led side would want Afghanistan to lose one of their remaining games against Australia and South Africa.

They would then be backing South Africa and Sri Lanka to beat New Zealand as then they will be favourites to qualify for the semi-finals. Lastly, they would want India to beat Sri Lanka and the Netherlands. If all the results go their way, they would then make it into the semi-finals.

Here is the qualification scenario for Pakistan:

PAK vs BAN: Pakistan thump Bangladesh by seven wickets

After four back-to-back disappointing losses in the ICC World Cup 2023, Pakistan finally made a comeback as they thumped Bangladesh by seven wickets. They batted and bowled staggeringly well and outplayed the opposition in all three departments of the game.

Asked to field first, they bundled out Bangladesh for just 204 runs. Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Jr were the pick of the bowlers as they bagged three wickets each. For Bangladesh, Litton Das (45) and Mahmudullah (56) were the top run scorers.

With the bat, Pakistan looked a class apart. Abdullah Shafique (68) and Fakhar Zaman (81) hit blistering half-centuries and helped their team win the game.