T20 World Cup: Pakistan team was successful in winning the Super-8 match played against Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup 2026 by 5 runs but their journey ended in this tournament. Batting first in this match, Pakistan team scored 212 runs in 20 overs, after which they had to restrict Sri Lankan team to a score of 147 or less, but they could not succeed in doing so. With this, Pakistan team has returned home even after winning this match, whereas New Zealand team managed to secure its place in the semi-finals due to better net run rate, with this it was also decided that now both the semi-final matches of the tournament will be played in India.
Pakistan lost to New Zealand in net run rate
In the T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan got a place in Group-2 of Super-8 along with England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Their first match in this was against New Zealand, but it was canceled due to rain. After this, Pakistan team faced England team in the second match where they had to face defeat by 2 wickets. On the other hand, the New Zealand team significantly improved its net run rate by defeating the host Sri Lankan team by a margin of 61 runs in its second match. After this, the New Zealand team had to face defeat by 4 wickets in their third match against England but despite this their net run rate remained 1.390.
To secure their place in the semi-finals, the Pakistan team had to win the match against Sri Lanka by a margin of 65 or more runs, only after which their net run rate would have been better than the New Zealand team, however, they could not succeed in doing so and could win only by a margin of 5 runs. Due to this, the net run rate of the Pakistani team remained -0.123 despite three points, due to which they finished at third position and made their way back home.
Many players of Pakistani team are certain to be out.
In this tournament, the Pakistani team was seen as a strong contender to reach the semi-finals, but the performance of their senior players was not at all as expected. The names of Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Shadab Khan are prominently included in this, who are now considered certain to be out of the Pakistani T20 team. Apart from this, Salman Aga can also be removed from the captaincy.
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