ODI World Cup 2023, PAK vs SL: Pakistan cricket team will play the second match of World Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, October 10 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Even though Pakistan has won the first match, there are many problems ahead of the team before the second match, due to which the team may lose its second match. In the first match, Pakistan won against Netherlands by 81 runs. Let us know what are the problems facing Pakistan under the captaincy of Babar Azam in the second match.
Even against a weak team like Netherlands, Pakistan could not play the full 50 overs. The team was all out for 286 runs in 49 overs. Netherlands, chasing the runs, had reached the total of 205 runs. There was not much strength seen from the team in batting and bowling.
There are many problems from batting to bowling.
Fakhar Zaman and Imam Ul Haq had opened against Netherlands and both the openers were dismissed cheaply. Imam scored 15 runs and Fakhar scored only 12 runs. Talking about Fakhar Zaman, he has not even scored a half-century in the last 11 innings of ODI. In such a situation, Fakhar Zaman’s poor form can become a big problem for Pakistan in the next match.
middle order The team also doesn’t have much to offer. Although Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel played good innings of 68-68 runs against Netherlands, but apart from them, no other batsman could reach even a half-century. In such a situation, after the weak top order, the middle order of the team can also become a problem.
bowling department The team is facing the biggest problems because Naseem Shah, one of the main fast bowlers of the team, is out of the World Cup due to injury. Naseem is such a pace attack bowler of Pakistan who bowls with good pace with new and old ball. Hasan Ali is playing in the team in place of Naseem.
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