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Fakhar Zaman played a brilliant innings against New Zealand.
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 21 runs.
New Delhi. Pakistan’s position in the World Cup (World Cup 2023) was looking weak. But Babar Azam and Co. have now joined the race for the semi-finals. After Bangladesh, Pakistan has also defeated the team of New Zealand (PAK vs NZ). All this is possible because of Fakhar Zaman, the dangerous opener of the team. Which was kept out of 5 important matches of the World Cup. Fakhar first played a blistering innings against Bangladesh, now he has hit a six against New Zealand. After the match, now captain Babar Azam was seen keeping him ahead.
Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand. After which New Zealand started explosively. With the help of Rachin Ravindra’s century and captain Kane Williamson’s innings of 95 runs, the team reached a huge score of 401 runs. However, the team had to face defeat due to Fakhar Zaman. Fakhar played a storming innings of 126 runs off just 81 balls with 8 fours and 11 towering sixes. At the other end, skipper Babar Azam also scored a half-century. In the end Pakistan won the match by 21 runs due to the Duckworth-Lewis rule. After winning the important match, Babar Azam gave full credit of the match to Fakhar Zaman.
Full credit for the match goes to Fakhar-Babar Azam
Babar said after the match, ‘When we came to the dressing room, we just sent the message that we need a good partnership. Fakhran said if he plays 15 overs we will be ahead. In our hearts we knew the rain was coming. Full credit goes to Fakhr. We knew there was a small limit and we used it. We are just trying to give 100 percent. We are just going match by match.
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Two teams have been decided for the semi-finals in the World Cup. Teams from India and South Africa have already entered the semi-finals. But there are still two places left. Pakistan’s next match is against England. Now it will be interesting to see whether the Babar brigade makes it to the semi-finals or not.
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First published: November 4, 2023, 20:32 IST

