Finally, the four years long wait has ended. ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has raised the curtain on October 5. England and New Zealand faced each other in the first match. England was the defending champion of the 2019 World Cup. But they started the tournament in a bit disappointing way. New Zealand won the first match and registered their first win. But in today’s match between Pakistan and Netherlands, a funny moment caught netizen’s attention.
What is so funny?
World Cup 2023 has been started with all grace. On October 6, Pakistan is facing the Netherlands in the second match of the tournament. Before starting the tournament, Netherlands was called underdog. But in this match, they are performing well. But the Pakistani batter’s actions caught attention and the internet is going crazy over it.
But what is so funny? The Pakistani lineup was a bit shattered today. Except for a few, no one was able to stand a play impactful innings. But the funny incident took place in the 46th over. Dutch bowler Ackermann was bowling his over. Nawaz and Shaheen were batting. In the delivery of the Dutch bowler, the Netherlands hoped for LBW. But it was not. Then a fielder gave the ball back to the bowler. But he drops the ball. At that time Nawaz went to take two runs but due to miscommunication, Nawaz got out. That was funny.
Match Summary:
Pakistan is playing in India after so long. The Netherlands playing in the country after years. Currently, both teams facing each other in Hyderabad. In the start, the Netherlands won the toss and decided to bowl first. Pakistan was a bit shattered since the start. Openers got back to the pavilion early. Fakhar Zaman scored 12 in 15 balls. The other opener, Imam-Ul-Haq scored 15 in 19 balls. That was not a desired start in a tournament like World Cup.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was disappointing. He scored only 5 runs in 18 balls. But Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel hold the control of the match. Rizwan scored 68 in 75 balls. He smashed 8 boundaries. Shakeel scored 68 in 52 balls. He smashed 9 boundaries and 1over-boundary.
Nawaz scored 39. Shadab Khan scored 32 in 34 balls. He smashed 2 boundaries and 1 over-boundary. Shaheen Afridi scored 13 in 12 balls and remained not out. Pakistan got all out in 286 in 49 overs.
In the second innings, the Netherlands started batting. Vikramjit Singh is playing on 24 in 34. He smashed 4 boundaries till now. Max O’Dowd scored 5 in 12 balls and got out. Colin Ackermann scored 17 in 21 balls. He smashed 3 boundaries. They are on 52/2 in 11.5 overs.
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