Pakistan have ticked two out of three boxes to qualify for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 semifinal as they managed to thumb up against South Africa in their fourth match of the Super 12 round.
Their defeats to India and Zimbabwe, respectively, are still haunting them since their chances of being in the semifinal were slimmed down. Or else, things would have been easy peasy for the men in green.
In their third match, Babar Azam and co did pretty well against the Netherlands and thrashed away South Africa in the subsequent match to further polish their chances for qualification. Earlier, there were many ifs and buts, including India needing to win against South Africa but things didn’t go their way.
Despite all the uncertainties, Pakistan are incredibly still in the tournament with a pretty decent scenario available to qualify. They would need to win the upcoming game against Bangladesh with a good margin and also wait for India to lose against Zimbabwe.
Moreover, they would want Netherlands vs South Africa to get washed away or the Netherlands to manage to triumph. Currently, Pakistan are third on the points table with four points and an NRR of +1.117.
Okay fine. So for Pakistan to qualify for the semi finals, they need to beat Bangladesh and hope either Zimbabwe to beat India or South Africa to either lose to Netherlands or that game to be rained off. The anxiety continues… pic.twitter.com/fgMSXCx5A8
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) November 3, 2022
