‘Yaar bhaijaan humara aim to final khelne ka thha’ – Fans troll Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur for his ‘you never know Pakistan can still qualify’ statement

Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur is still hopeful for his team’s semifinal qualification in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023. Ahead of the Pakistan vs South Africa match in the tournament, the 1992 winners needed to win to keep their semis alive and in their hands. In the game, the Green Brigade won the toss and batted first. They managed only 270 all-out with a few overs left in the tank.

However, despite the Proteas dominating the game with 235/5 in 36.4 overs, the Pakistani bowlers managed to make a comeback in the game as they took nine wickets for 260 runs with 11 runs in the bank. The last pair of Tabraz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj managed to take the team past the 270 runs and win the game by one wicket. With this, the African managed to win their first game in the tournament batting second.

With this loss, the Asian side has only three games left against New Zealand, Bangladesh, and England. They need a lot of results to go their way.

For Pakistan to qualify, the following results can prove instrumental:

• New Zealand defeats Australia
• Bangladesh defeats Netherlands
• India defeats England
• Sri Lanka defeats Afghanistan
• Pakistan defeats Bangladesh
• New Zealand defeats South Africa
• India defeats Sri Lanka
• Afghanistan defeats Netherlands
• Pakistan defeats New Zealand
• England defeats Australia
• India defeats South Africa
• Sri Lanka defeats Bangladesh
• Australia defeats Afghanistan
• England defeats Netherlands
• New Zealand defeats Sri Lanka
• South Africa defeats Afghanistan
• Bangladesh defeats Australia
• Pakistan defeats England
• India defeats Netherlands

You never know if Pakistan can qualify: Mickey Arthur

“You never know,” Arthur said of their lingering knock-out hopes. “What I do know is that we need to go and assess combinations again, we need to have a look at the holes we have within our team. We need to we need to start improving in a lot of areas and we’ve got to go home and finish this tournament with three victories. That’s what I do know. Every day we’ll be trying and we’ll be striving to do that.”

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