Perth: After losing to India and then Zimbabwe, the Pakistani team is almost on the verge of being out of the World Cup. To stay in the tournament, he has to win all his remaining matches along with the defeats of other teams, in this episode the team’s account opened on Sunday evening. Babur’s army registered its first victory by defeating the Netherlands. Helpful for the bowlers, the pitch at Optus Stadium proved to be a graveyard for the batsmen. At first, not many runs were scored in the match and it also came on the life of the batsman from above.
Actually, a traumatic incident happened during the first innings. Bass de Leed (06), a batsman from Netherlands, retired hurt after being hit by Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf. It was the final over of the powerplay when Rauf, one of the fastest bowlers in the world, was brought into the attack. He hit a flamboyant bouncer in the over, the ball hit the grille of the batsman’s helmet, cutting his face.
In a hurry, the medical staff immediately reached the middle ground. The Netherlands all-rounder suffered a cut under his right eye. He was forced to leave the field. With this Logan Van Weeks joined the match as a substitute. However, the good news was that the injury was not too deep. The lead was later seen applying ice to the wound in the dugout.
Talking about the match, the Netherlands team could only score 91 runs for nine wickets in front of Pakistan’s bowling. The target was not that big for Pakistan, but it took them 13.5 overs to reach it while they had the ICC T20 ranking number one batsman Mohammad Rizwan, who scored 49 runs in 39 balls at a strike rate of 125.64. . Skipper Babar Azam (04) was run out, while Fakhar Zaman (20 off 16 balls) hit three fours, but was caught by captain Scott Edwards off Brandon Glover. Rizwan then led the team to victory.
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Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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