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Pakistan won with Fakhar Zaman's century

Published - 4-NOV-2023 17:54 IST | Updated - 10-APR-2024 1:0 IST

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Pakistan won with Fakhar Zaman's century: New Zealand was defeated by 21 runs under DLS method, hopes of semi-finals remain intact.

Pakistan has defeated New Zealand by 21 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain-affected World Cup match. With this victory on Saturday, Pakistan team has come to 5th position in the points table and remains in the race for the semi-finals. Fakhar Zaman scored unbeaten 126 runs on 81 balls and captain Babar Azam scored unbeaten 66 runs on 63 balls.

New Zealand, who came to bat after losing the toss at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, scored 401 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Pakistan had scored 160 runs for one wicket in 21.3 overs, then rain came and the target was revised to 342 runs in 41 overs. Here Pakistani team had to score 182 in 19.3 overs. When play resumed, Pakistan scored 40 runs in the next 3.3 overs. When play stopped again after 25.3 overs, Pakistan had scored 200 runs for one wicket. After this the competition could not take place.

Pakistan's hopes of reaching semi-finals remain intact, South Africa in top-4

  • Pakistan has 8 points after the victory over New Zealand using Duckworth-Lewis method. The team has reached fifth position in the points table, while New Zealand is at fourth position with the same number of points because their run rate is better. Pakistan now has one match left against England, if it wins the team will get 10 points. On the other hand, if New Zealand loses its last match against Sri Lanka, then Pakistan will qualify for the knockout stage by finishing fourth.
  • If New Zealand wins the last match against Sri Lanka, then Pakistan will have to win the match against England by a big margin, so that the team's run rate can be better than New Zealand, because in this situation, both the teams will have 10 points each and will have to keep a better run rate. Only the winning team will qualify for the semi-finals.
  • On the other hand, with this result the South African team has entered the semi-finals. Africa has become the second team to secure a place in the top-4. See the scorecard of New Zealand-Pakistan match

Fakhar-Babar pair took over, Pakistan 75/1 in powerplay

The Pakistani team, which came to chase the target of 402 runs, lost the wicket of Abdullah Shafiq in the second over. Shafiq was caught by captain Kane Williamson on Tim Southee's ball.

After losing the first wicket on the team score of 6 runs, the pair of Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam took over Pakistan. Both of them took the team's score to 75 runs in 10 overs. The team scored 75 runs after losing one wicket in the first 10 overs.

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