New Delhi. Pakistan’s poor performance that started from Asia Cup 2023 continues in World Cup 2023 as well. Before the Asia Cup, the Pakistan team led by Babar Azam was at the top of the ODI rankings. But in the tournament, Team India defeated Pakistan by 228 runs. Sri Lanka then eliminated Pakistan from the race for the finals by defeating them. Now Afghanistan has defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the World Cup match. This is the team’s third consecutive loss. With this, it has become very difficult for Pakistan to reach the semi-finals. Batting first in the match, Pakistan made a challenging score of 282 runs for 7 wickets. But his bowlers could not save this score. Afghanistan achieved this feat by losing only 2 wickets in 49 overs.
Before World Cup 2023, Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah was ruled out due to injury. He was replaced by Hasan Ali. Pakistan has played 5 matches in the World Cup so far. The team’s bowling average during this period has been 43 and the bowlers have managed to take a total of 32 wickets. This is worse than the Netherlands and Afghanistan. It is clear from these statistics that it has become very difficult for Pakistan to return to the tournament. Talking about the World Cup, the bowling of the South African team has been the best. The bowlers of the team have taken 37 wickets at an average of 24 in 4 matches.
Team India at number two
Talking about the bowling average, Team India is at the second position. Indian bowlers have taken 45 wickets at an average of 26 in 5 matches so far. New Zealand’s bowling average is 28, Australia’s 34, Netherlands’ 34, Bangladesh and Afghanistan’s 42 each and Pakistan’s 43. Pakistan’s bowlers have given runs at an economy of more than 6 so far. This is also very bad. Indian bowlers have so far spent runs at an economy of just 4.81.
Usama Mir’s average is 137
Babar Azam has tested 7 bowlers in 5 matches of World Cup 2023 so far. Leg-spinner Usama Mir has appeared in 2 matches and managed to take just one wicket at an average of 137. He has given 137 runs in 17 overs with an economy of 8. Off-spinner Iftikhar Ahmed has taken one wicket at an average of 102, Shadab Khan has taken 2 wickets at an average of 90 and Mohammad Nawaz has taken 2 wickets at an average of 92. All four bowlers are spinners. Talking about the fast bowlers, Shaheen Afridi has taken the highest 10 wickets for the team at an average of 25. Haris Rauf has taken 8 wickets at an average of 36 and Hasan Ali has also taken 8 wickets at an average of 30.
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Talking about the World Cup 2023 points table, Team India is at the top with 10 points. Pakistan has 4 points in 5 matches. The team is fifth in the table. Along with this, the Afghanistan team has made a huge jump from the 10th position to the sixth position. They also have 4 points from 5 matches, but they are behind Pakistan due to net run rate. New Zealand is second with 8 points, South Africa is third with 6 points and Australia is fourth with 4 points.
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Tags: Babar Azam, World Cup 2023
First published: October 24, 2023, 06:31 IST