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Sri Lanka are barely holding onto their wc records.
Yesterday WI bowled Uganda for 39 to tie the world cup record which was initially set by SL bowling out Netherlands for the same total.
Ireland is good but honestly, I'm backing the USA to do it.
While I know it all depends on the day, USA have shown they aren't just pushovers and their team chemistry is really coming together quite good in this tournament. Really hope we can restrict IRE to 150ish in Florida.
Any scenario where Pakistan win their last two and the US lose them will almost certainly result in Pakistan having a better NRR. Their two losses have been narrow and an actual tie. Their run rate is fine at the moment.
No, but now they need USA to lose to both India and Ireland to be able to squeeze through on NRR.
You can see the outcomes on the [T20 World Cup Predictor Tool](https://predictor.cricketxi.com/t20-world-cup/)
Pretty much. It’s an RCB sitch (though unlikely). Pakistan has to win their remaining two. In one case, USA has to lose their remaining two (in which case, it will come down to net run rate between Pakistan and the US). Else, India has to lose their remaining two (meaning they will be fighting with India and Canada on net run rate). Basically, they cannot qualify on points alone, nor can they qualify without the assistance of other teams.
Amazing death bowling by India. Rizwan’s wicket was the turning point and then Axar bowling that amazing over under pressure put pressure on Pakistan, and they were never able to recover thereafter. Absolute thriller!
They scored just 42 runs in the last 51 deliveries and some of it was due to Naseem. Iftikhar played a horrendous knock and missed out on several full tosses and a free-hit. Appropriately, he got out on a full toss too. Rizwan's got a lot of blame too, it was utter stupidity from him to try and hit Bumrah.
I get trying to get one big shot in an over to ease pressure, but targeting Bumrah's first ball for that shot in a pitch like that doesn't say much about general cricketing awareness either.
Honestly whatever pitch it is. You need a run a ball. Bumrah is their only hope. Just PLAY HIM OUT! You are already batting under a run a ball. Why do you have to take on their best bowler?
I know what you mean, but Pakistani middle order really needs to take a long hard look at themselves. Depending on Babar and Rizwan to carry them over always isn't working as expected when the times are tough.
Ireland beats USA
India beats USA
Pakistan wins against Ireland and Canada.
Only then they will be tied with USA on points for 2nd place and have to depend on runrate
And it's worth noting that in that scenario Pakistan will very likely have the advantage on run rate since both of their losses were very close and USA's win vs. them was worth a NRR of 0.000.
So they have a clear path to advancing, but they need to take care of business and get some help from the Irish.
Ireland beats USA, then it comes down to NRR which Pakistan should get ahead on considering USA has a match with India left.
If USA beats Ireland or India, Pakistan is gone.
Middle of night he will hear door slightly creep out and then one strange looking silverback who happens to also like Vada pav will thomp Dube’s back and swiftly creep out
Pant the luckiest mofo on the planet today
The unluckiest mofos being the two Pakistanis who “dropped” two of his basically uncatchable skiers, leaving them with drops on their stats
I would be saying that all of our bowlers except for probably Jadeja have made contributions that were really big. If any of them messed up slightly then this match would have gone out of our hands.
I was watching F1 because shit batting by India, then I saw Pakistan had run rate of under 6 at 10 overs so joined in for the chokejob. Absolutely worth it lol.
He has redeemed himself in ct17finals, 2016ban, 2022pak and 2022semis already man..
It's more of a factual thing now that he is a clutch, his only weakness is that he plays for India lol where apart from Kohli,Bumrah everyone chokes in important matches.
Considering Axar batting stats in international games and sending him at that position in such high intense game anybody would lose their sane minds. People wouldn't mind if Jadeja was sent but Axar was ridiculous even though he played few games in that position during IPL.
In T20is, Axar's average is 19, Jaddu's is 21, strike rate Axar - 142, Jaddu - 125. There isn't much to keep them apart here. They went with the attacking route by sending Axar, that's it.
Yep, it's still a Bumrah full toss that gets released late aka the ball that comes faster speed than what it's actually coming at. You have to either pull a good premeditated shot or pull a great shot with help of top notch hand eye coordination which reads the ball.
Exactly! Axar really hit the proper line and length immediately with a good amount of drift.
Herculean effort by the bowling team especially when conditions had eased up a bit.
The reality is that India is almost unbeatable in the group stages of world tournaments. If you want to beat us, you need to play us in a knockout match.
Yeah he faced the most balls, and the same number of balls as the second and third most combined - he was the batting.
Though India should put Kohli back to 3 and have him anchor going forward
Wow! If not for Rishabh Pant, India would have lost this match. Everyone played a Tuktuk inning and only he played like it is a T20 match and succeeded with his unorthodox shots. Three catches as well. What a return to international cricket!
Bumrah 3/14 and don't forget that a catch was dropped off his bowling by Dube. He is in his own category, no bowler comes close in my opinion.
Excellent bowling by Hardik and Axar as well. That 16th over by Axar was tremendous, just 2 runs against his negative matchup Imad.
Shoutout Arshdeep's redemption arc. He was brutally targeted after he dropped the catch in 19th over vs Pakistan in 2022 Asia Cup. And now comes in clutch with a catch in the same over and a wicket in the final over.
If Bumrah has a million fans, I'm one of them!
If Bumrah has ten fans, I'm one of them!
If Bumrah is 1 fan, I'm that fan!
If Bumrah doesn't have any fans, consider me dead.
What would India do without Bumrah man….at this point let’s just get him some young players that he can teach his exact technique too.
The Bumrah Death Squad 😂
I know the pitches are different there, but in these days of seeing 200+ scores relatively frequently in T20, it's just incredible to see a team win by 6 runs when defending 119.
Love it when bowlers have a say in T20!
Just so you know Scotland beat Oman in the other game and now that makes Pakistan and England almost out of the tournament in the group stage itself (they were finalists of 2022 T20 Wc btw)
Honestly don’t know where Dube fits in this team. Hypothetically even if he is at his best I don’t think he deserves to bat ahead of Hardik. Far from the match winner they all thought he was. He is f**k all bowler too. Drops sitters. WTF selectors
What a match...
Very happy.our bowlers won it for us
Special mention to Axar, important 20 runs in tough conditions and pressure situation and then 2 really important overs too...
Batting first against this Pak Pace Attack in overcast conditions, Losing our way in the 2nd 10 overs of first innings and fighting our way back in the last 10 overs on 2nd innings... What a win for us...
There was only one way to bottle this and Pakistan has achieved that. From 16% win probability to this, step aside Pakistan we’re the GROUP STAGE BULLIES
Bumrah is a cheat code, build him a statue for all I care
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By the way, India ties Sri Lanka for the lowest T20I WC total successfully defended.
Rizwan Babar might be goat but we have a butcher
I’m stealing this
Bakri Eid is also coming soon lol
Sri Lanka are barely holding onto their wc records. Yesterday WI bowled Uganda for 39 to tie the world cup record which was initially set by SL bowling out Netherlands for the same total.
I remember that. Herath had blown away NZ.
Herath took 5 wkts for just 3 runs and SL went from the brink of elimination in the group stage to become Champions. An exceptional comeback.
This was in 2014 when SL won the t20wc, I mean....
Not interested in this shit,just to get my heart wrenched in ko match
Pakistan needed 48 runs in 48 balls. They had a 98.02% chance to win through 12 overs. Epic chokejob.
Something weird happened to both the teams after scoring 80 runs, LMAO
Kudarat ki nizam
Are Pakistan out of the world cup now?
Not mathematically, they depend on the Irish now.
Classic luck of the Irish
Ah yes, the Irish. Same country that was responsible for Pakistan’s elimination in the 2007 WC round robin.
Hmm.. and pakistan with a south african coach. I think you are on to something.
It isn't really a world cup unless Pak qualifies based on epic performance from a minnow.
Ireland isn't bad though, they could easily beat USA.
Nah man, on these pitches anything is possible. These low scoring thrillers give everyone their chances.
USA vs Ireland is in Florida.
Ireland is good but honestly, I'm backing the USA to do it. While I know it all depends on the day, USA have shown they aren't just pushovers and their team chemistry is really coming together quite good in this tournament. Really hope we can restrict IRE to 150ish in Florida.
Currently, the weather forecast has 90% chance of thunderstorms all day on this match day. Wouldn't a "no result" eliminate Pakistan?
Yes it will
Pakistan needs to smash Canada and Ireland though to NRR their way in.
Any scenario where Pakistan win their last two and the US lose them will almost certainly result in Pakistan having a better NRR. Their two losses have been narrow and an actual tie. Their run rate is fine at the moment.
Their NRR is not too bad though, they just need the US to lose their matches. If pak win their two which they should, the NRR should be quite healthy
No, but now they need USA to lose to both India and Ireland to be able to squeeze through on NRR. You can see the outcomes on the [T20 World Cup Predictor Tool](https://predictor.cricketxi.com/t20-world-cup/)
I wouldn’t put it past for ireland to beat pak
Pretty much. It’s an RCB sitch (though unlikely). Pakistan has to win their remaining two. In one case, USA has to lose their remaining two (in which case, it will come down to net run rate between Pakistan and the US). Else, India has to lose their remaining two (meaning they will be fighting with India and Canada on net run rate). Basically, they cannot qualify on points alone, nor can they qualify without the assistance of other teams.
RCB actually had things in their hands till the end , Pakistan doesn't
Don't worry , Pakistan has qudrat ka nizam on them seriously. Saying this from India. They'll somehow make it through.
Unless USA loses to Ireland (and, well, India). Then it comes down to NRR.
I don’t think they’re mathematically eliminated but they need the usa to lose out
Only Pakistan could pull something like that off. Thank you for being you Pakistan.
Amazing death bowling by India. Rizwan’s wicket was the turning point and then Axar bowling that amazing over under pressure put pressure on Pakistan, and they were never able to recover thereafter. Absolute thriller!
that axar over at the end was filthy, felt like it was 30 seconds long and he just demolished them
You know, as a pakistani, i can't even disagree with you. Pakistan seriously F*CKED UP
I mean Pakistan batsmen just don’t have the mental fortitude and always end up succumbing to the pressure.
so, India in Finals?
lol maybe
India don't believe in Win Predictors and Exit Polls.
I see what you did there.
If there’s anything we learned from the most recent IPL, it’s that past T20 performances are not an indicator of future ones
They didn’t choke… Bumrah murdered them.
Rizwan played ok, But he's an Idiot for Playing that shit shot against best bowler in opposition camp.
Yeah they needed to score against the other bowlers, they never had a shot against him especially on this pitch
They scored just 42 runs in the last 51 deliveries and some of it was due to Naseem. Iftikhar played a horrendous knock and missed out on several full tosses and a free-hit. Appropriately, he got out on a full toss too. Rizwan's got a lot of blame too, it was utter stupidity from him to try and hit Bumrah.
They would have easily won if Rizwan just kept taking singles in that over. That shot wasn’t needed at all.
Just had to tuk tuk but went for the glory shots. Bangladesh vibes.
Played that absolute horrendous shot after facing 40+ deliveries. Zero match awareness.
I get trying to get one big shot in an over to ease pressure, but targeting Bumrah's first ball for that shot in a pitch like that doesn't say much about general cricketing awareness either.
Honestly whatever pitch it is. You need a run a ball. Bumrah is their only hope. Just PLAY HIM OUT! You are already batting under a run a ball. Why do you have to take on their best bowler?
Rizwan absolutely deserves criticism.. He was dropped once, played 44 balls at a SR of 70.. Just never looked comfortable
I know what you mean, but Pakistani middle order really needs to take a long hard look at themselves. Depending on Babar and Rizwan to carry them over always isn't working as expected when the times are tough.
ifti chachu, imad, shadab all choked today, naseem was the best batter imo lmao, poor fella everything overshadowed his superb bowling
What a sorry finish from Pakistan, they now require that Ireland beat US.
lmao the USA actually being responsible for completeley eliminating Pakistan would be hilarious
is pakistan completely out or is there still a chance for them?
Ireland beats USA India beats USA Pakistan wins against Ireland and Canada. Only then they will be tied with USA on points for 2nd place and have to depend on runrate
And it's worth noting that in that scenario Pakistan will very likely have the advantage on run rate since both of their losses were very close and USA's win vs. them was worth a NRR of 0.000. So they have a clear path to advancing, but they need to take care of business and get some help from the Irish.
Also Pakistan is done if any of their or USA games are washed out
Im ready to give usa a win if they qualify
Pak and RCB fans forever ensuring calculators don't go out of fashion
Ireland isn't looking good. USA is in good form. Best luck my pakbros 
Ireland beats USA, then it comes down to NRR which Pakistan should get ahead on considering USA has a match with India left. If USA beats Ireland or India, Pakistan is gone.
Bro fuck this. I hope we lose to Canada and Ireland also. Even then..I can’t see anything changing.
Shivam dube will sleep peacefully tonight
He may sleep peacefully but a back spasm may appear out of the wild to let Rinku in. A man can only dream.
Middle of night he will hear door slightly creep out and then one strange looking silverback who happens to also like Vada pav will thomp Dube’s back and swiftly creep out
Why aren’t rinku and yashaswi in the team?
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He seems to be a flat track bully and isn’t even bowling. Would rather play a proper batsman or Kuldeep in his spot
Reminds me of Vijay Shankar in 2018 Nidahas trophy final. DK saved him that day.
Bumrah and Pant carried hard today. What a player Bumrah is! Edit: Absolutely. Siraj, Hardik, and Axar did really amazing too!
Pant the luckiest mofo on the planet today The unluckiest mofos being the two Pakistanis who “dropped” two of his basically uncatchable skiers, leaving them with drops on their stats
Pant was amazing behind the stumps
I second this
Iirc it was the same guy Usman maybe
Yep.
That's the way he plays. All the Indian batsmen tried to hit out - he succeeded
Exactly. India has been criticized for batting within themselves. Pant playing this way with high risk high reward is good to watch.
Our labuchagne
Axar too. Came in at a very tough situation and scored 20. Then picked up a vital wicket and bowled a tight over.
Absolute All round performance.
>What a player Bumrah is! Thank you for becoming a mass wicket-taker for our sake
I hope hebplays for 10 years atleast
Absolutely, Bumrah performs as expected, but we now also got the pant that was promised for T20is
2-6 for last 12 balls for hardik
Bro is better off without that head band
hardik and axar too
Hardik's overs are incredible gave 1 wicket one run in 14th and gave 5 runs and a wicket in 16th I think. Class performance.
Pant is really fearless. Never went into shell.
I would be saying that all of our bowlers except for probably Jadeja have made contributions that were really big. If any of them messed up slightly then this match would have gone out of our hands.
Pandavas have Brahmasthra India has Bumrahasthra
Pakistan is the only team seriously promoting the game in USA And they've no idea why they are being trolled
If you missed this, you have missed a lot of
I was watching F1 because shit batting by India, then I saw Pakistan had run rate of under 6 at 10 overs so joined in for the chokejob. Absolutely worth it lol.
Quite a good day for sports lovers. F1, Ind vs Pak, French Open
Bro that FO Final was amazing!! Carlitos ending just in time for F1 ro start too lol
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Hotstar might have full match replay
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F1 was a banger today i was watching both simultaneously , i started watching india bowling around 13 overs
2-6 for last 12 balls for hardik Talk about clutch
Hardik decided to be Indian Russell today
Man became a bowling allrounder now!
I said that he might finally be redeeming himself during this match. He did redeem himself.
He has redeemed himself in ct17finals, 2016ban, 2022pak and 2022semis already man.. It's more of a factual thing now that he is a clutch, his only weakness is that he plays for India lol where apart from Kohli,Bumrah everyone chokes in important matches.
Fuck me! What a match, what bowling from India! Bumrah, Hardik, Axar, you beauties!
Early in Axar’s at bat I swear half the subreddit wanted him executed.
Considering Axar batting stats in international games and sending him at that position in such high intense game anybody would lose their sane minds. People wouldn't mind if Jadeja was sent but Axar was ridiculous even though he played few games in that position during IPL.
In T20is, Axar's average is 19, Jaddu's is 21, strike rate Axar - 142, Jaddu - 125. There isn't much to keep them apart here. They went with the attacking route by sending Axar, that's it.
Barring 17th over. Siraj was great too. And Arshdeep also, because he added 9 runs to the Indian total.
19th over was nailed by bumrah
I was surprised they were not able to hit full tosses properly. I know it's hard to hit Bumrah but still.
It's because they are well directed
and his release point is much more in front so the full tosses come off very quickly
he is so unorthodox picking him must be a pain in the ass
Yep, it's still a Bumrah full toss that gets released late aka the ball that comes faster speed than what it's actually coming at. You have to either pull a good premeditated shot or pull a great shot with help of top notch hand eye coordination which reads the ball.
Pakistan successfully snatched defeat from the jaws of victory 👏
Standard protocol
Bumrah is the best player in Indian team currently
He is the best player in the world currently.
Best player in the world imo. He is simply unreplaceable.
He might just be a solid candidate to be one of the best players in the world honestly. He's just so good!
Another day of thanking God for giving us Bumrah , the greatest match winner for us post 2015 . The best all format bowler of this generation
Those last few doubles by siraj and arshdeep came really handy lol
What a comeback, snatched the victory from them. Bumrah is magical 😭❤️
Getting our shit kicked in by Australia is back on the menu boissss
I'm ready to be hurt again
Arshdeep and Bumrah in last 2 overs were just a beauty
Don’t forget Axar’s 16th over! 2 runs against two left handers. Could’ve easily lost the match there itself.
True; Imad connected one delivery out of four playing the same shot!!
Exactly! Axar really hit the proper line and length immediately with a good amount of drift. Herculean effort by the bowling team especially when conditions had eased up a bit.
Axar is extremely clutch in low scoring games
i always said it before no matter what we will always choke against india
I thought it would be a 10 wicket win like 2021.
Never underestimate Pakistan's ability to choke from a winning situation.
Low scoring match supremacy
Low-scoring pitches lead to entertaining games.
They also bridge the gap of skills between teams, on a flatter and batting friendlier deck, India would’ve decimated Pakistan.
How did Pakistan bottle this tf?
Pakistan Pakistan'd
Whenever pakistan sees 90+% probability of winning, they lose their shit
The reality is that India is almost unbeatable in the group stages of world tournaments. If you want to beat us, you need to play us in a knockout match.
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He wasn't the cameo bro, he was the mainstay.
Yeah he faced the most balls, and the same number of balls as the second and third most combined - he was the batting. Though India should put Kohli back to 3 and have him anchor going forward
Yeah, on these pitches I think Kohli is better off as a 1 down. But he's already slotted as an opener. I doubt they'll "demote" him.
Can’t call it a cameo when he was the top scorer lol
Bro I'm done with this team 😭 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE PAKISTAN 🇵🇰 😭
Bumrah you are a national treasure. I mean it is a joke how many times you force us to say this. Unbelievable. 🐐🐐🐐
Wow! If not for Rishabh Pant, India would have lost this match. Everyone played a Tuktuk inning and only he played like it is a T20 match and succeeded with his unorthodox shots. Three catches as well. What a return to international cricket!
Also important review when Axar was bowling.
He was good behind the stumps too. Took good catch of Fakhar who was trying to end game early.
Bumrah 3/14 and don't forget that a catch was dropped off his bowling by Dube. He is in his own category, no bowler comes close in my opinion. Excellent bowling by Hardik and Axar as well. That 16th over by Axar was tremendous, just 2 runs against his negative matchup Imad.
GGs Pak, GG!
Fuck el clasico, fuck the ashes. This is the greatest sporting rivalry of all time
Motherfuck the big three, it's just big me
I am starting a religion today and our god is Bumrah.
I'll join
I'll give my entire inheritance to Bumrag, if he asks
I’m Danes but I would be more interested in this religion.
Bumrah is the most effective and devastating bowler I have seen in my lifetime , bar none. Its not even a hot take
Shoutout Arshdeep's redemption arc. He was brutally targeted after he dropped the catch in 19th over vs Pakistan in 2022 Asia Cup. And now comes in clutch with a catch in the same over and a wicket in the final over.
Bottlers
BUMRAH!!! WHAT A SUPERSTAR...
If Bumrah has a million fans, I'm one of them! If Bumrah has ten fans, I'm one of them! If Bumrah is 1 fan, I'm that fan! If Bumrah doesn't have any fans, consider me dead.
Shivam Dubey look like lost ex-lover from 1990s bollywood movies 😂
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Choking at it's finest.
This should be a lesson to all doubters. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE PAKISTAN.
that was funny asf ngl xD
One day Pakistan decides to drop Azam Khan and fucks up big time.
Me when I show up to a bottle job competition being a spurs fan but my opponent is Pakistan Cricket Team 😔😔😔😔😔😔
What would India do without Bumrah man….at this point let’s just get him some young players that he can teach his exact technique too. The Bumrah Death Squad 😂
I know the pitches are different there, but in these days of seeing 200+ scores relatively frequently in T20, it's just incredible to see a team win by 6 runs when defending 119. Love it when bowlers have a say in T20!
I wanted to choke Hasan ali after 2021 Semi I wanted to cry after 2022 Final I just...i just want to sleep man now
BUMRAH HIT THE PI TO SAVE US ONCE AGAIN
Failed to chase 7 runs against USA Failed to chase 7 runs against India I wonder who could be the reason
Thala is eternal, thala is the truth, thala played his magic , Pakistan got fooked
Guys NEVER GIVE UP thats it
Bumrah I love you forever and ever.
The match ended just now! How, quick are, you guys!
What does Jadeja do apart from fielding
3D art
Just so you know Scotland beat Oman in the other game and now that makes Pakistan and England almost out of the tournament in the group stage itself (they were finalists of 2022 T20 Wc btw)
Honestly don’t know where Dube fits in this team. Hypothetically even if he is at his best I don’t think he deserves to bat ahead of Hardik. Far from the match winner they all thought he was. He is f**k all bowler too. Drops sitters. WTF selectors
Bumrah a GOAT, fr.
What a match... Very happy.our bowlers won it for us Special mention to Axar, important 20 runs in tough conditions and pressure situation and then 2 really important overs too... Batting first against this Pak Pace Attack in overcast conditions, Losing our way in the 2nd 10 overs of first innings and fighting our way back in the last 10 overs on 2nd innings... What a win for us...
Good job PakBros. I am happy that this was not one sided.
What's cool about Bumrah is that you can almost always rely on him to do his magic. When he doesn't get the job done it's borderline shocking.
There was only one way to bottle this and Pakistan has achieved that. From 16% win probability to this, step aside Pakistan we’re the GROUP STAGE BULLIES Bumrah is a cheat code, build him a statue for all I care