Defeated by England too, Pakistan ends with failure in the World Cup

Defeated by England too, Pakistan ends with failure in the World Cup

England also defeated Pakistan in the 44th match of the ICC World Cup. The national team's World Cup campaign ended in failure.

In the match played in Kolkata, England set a target of 338 runs to win Pakistan, in pursuit of which the national team was all out by scoring 244 runs. Opener Abdullah Shafiq was dismissed on the second ball. Fakhar Zaman stayed for just one run. 

 Captain Babar Azam scored 38 runs, Mohammad Rizwan scored 36 runs and Saud Shakeel returned to the pavilion scoring 29 runs while Iftikhar Ahmed could score only 3 runs. Pakistan's seventh wicket fell on 150 runs in the form of Shadab Khan. Shadab was bowled by Adil Rashid for 4. Pakistan's eighth wicket fell at 186 when Salman Ali Agha was dismissed for 51 in the 37th over. The ninth wicket fell in the form of Shaheen Afridi. He scored 25 runs and was dismissed lbw off Atkinson. 

 Haris Rauf and Muhammad Wasim Jr. made a partnership of 53 runs on the last wicket. Wasim played an unbeaten innings of 16 runs, Harris was dismissed for 35 runs, with which Pakistan lost the match by 93 runs. On behalf of England, David Willey took 3 wickets while Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Gus Atkinson got two wickets each. The last wicket was taken by Chris Woakes. 

 England won the toss and decided to bat first in this match played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. On behalf of England, David Mullan and Jonny Bairstow opened the innings and batting aggressively, the team's score reached 82 runs in 13.3 overs, after which England's first wicket fell. Iftikhar Ahmed took the first wicket for Pakistan, David Mullan was caught out by Mohammad Rizwan for 31 runs. England's second wicket fell for 108 runs in 18.2 overs when Jonny Bairstow was caught out for 59 off Haris Rauf. A 132-run partnership between Ben Stokes and Joe Root for the third wicket took England to a big total. England suffered their third loss in the form of Ben Stokes when Stokes, who scored 84 runs, was bowled by Shaheen Afridi on the first ball of the 41st over for a total of 240. 

 After that, the Pakistani bowlers started taking wickets, but on the other hand, before losing their wickets, the English batsmen continued to score runs. Harry Brook scored 30, Jos Buttler scored 27, David Willey scored 15, Moeen Ali scored 8 while Chris Woakes remained unbeaten scoring 4 runs. The England team scored 337 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. On behalf of Pakistan, Haris Rauf took three wickets while Mohammad Wasim and Shaheen Afridi took 2, 2 and Iftikhar Ahmed dismissed one player. England's David Willey was named the man of the match. Pakistan could win only 4 of their 9 matches in the World Cup. The national team ended the World Cup at the 5th position in the 50-over format for the second time in a row.

 With this win, England qualified for the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled in Pakistan. Speaking on the occasion of the toss, England team captain Jos Buttler said that the wicket is good for batting, will try to score as much as possible. Jos Buttler said that David Willey is playing the last international match for England today, we have decided in the team meeting that we will enjoy today's match. Pakistan team captain Babar Azam said that the intention was to bat first after winning the toss, there is a change in the team, Shadab Khan is included in place of Hasan Ali. 

 Babar Azam said that everyone enjoys Fakhar Zaman's batting, all the players will try to give their best performance in today's match.