2023 World Cup: England Shows Exit Door To Pakistan!

Pakistan landed in India for the World Cup Tournament with a lot of expectations. Team skipper Babar Azam was the number one batsman and the bowling attack is very lethal. Indian conditions are similar to Pakistan. All these factors made the Pakistan team one of the favorites in the tournament. Moreover, Pakistan came to India after a long time.

Making the 2023 edition of the World Cup the most forgettable stint, the Pakistan team recorded consecutive defeats. The team fell short of the Semis stage as it is out of the tournament. England winning the toss and opting to bat first paved the way for the exit of Pakistan for the tournament.

The equation is that Pakistan should defeat England by a margin of 287 runs if batting first and record an impossible win while chasing the target. If the target is 100 they should chase it in 2.5 overs and chase the target in 4.3 overs if the target is 200. If the target is 300 the target should be chased in 6.1 overs.

Looking at the possibilities it is appearing next to impossible. Considering this it looks like Pakistan is out of the tournament and England showed the exit door. Doesn’t matter if batted first or bowled first Pakistan is almost out of the tournament due to the net run rate.

Pakistan almost made a habit of depending on others for the qualification scenario. In the last edition of the T20 World Cup Pakistan entered the semis after South Africa was humbled by the Netherlands. It lost the finals when England lifted the trophy.

But things did not go in favour of Pakistan this time and it is almost out of the tournament. Pakistan’s NRR went for a toss when hosts India handed over a big defeat with a massive margin.