After two games of the three on Sunday, two semi-finalists from Group two are confirmed. South Africa were favourites to make it, but Netherlands pipped them and Pakistan overtook them. Can India top the group? Head over here to find out. It's goodbye from me, Ekanth, on behalf of, Sudarshanan, my fellow commentator, and our scorers: Thilak Rama and M Venkat Raghav.
Lokeshh: "and the curse of winning the toss in Adelaide continues....."
Taha: "It's going to be eng vs Pak final at the MCG, repeat of 1992 WC" Wow, that might be the first non India-Pakistan final prediction.
Ameer Hamza: "Thank you Netherlands :)"
Ali Mushaf: "Feels like studying the last night and passing the exam."
Shaheen Shah Afridi, POTM: I have improved. Not easy to come back from injury and bowl 140ks but I'm trying my best. As a team, we are very happy. We've played great. Bowl in the right areas and fast was the plan. (On if they're looking forward to the semis) Now, we are looking forward to the final (laughs).
6pm: Pakistan have a come-from-nowhere entry to the semi-final. That would have been more pronouncing if the tournament hadn't delivered them almost on demand. Today's game was wobbly despite the start to the chase being stable. Babar didn't look set but he spent time at the crease, got 25 off 33 in a low chase. Rizwan made 32 and ensured there were no wickets in the first ten. That was also because a catch was dropped off of Taskin's bowling by Nurul, the keeper, in his first over. After the tenth over, Bangladesh created chances but luck wasn't as favourable as balls fell in no-man's-landy areas and overthrows started costing them. The stars for Pakistan were Mohammad Haris and Shan Masood, the former slaughtered and the latter steered the modest chase to a safe finish.
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 126/5 (2 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.00, RRR: 1.00)
- Shan Masood22 (13b)
- Mustafizur Rahman4-0-21-1
- Shakib Al Hasan4-0-35-1
George: "@Subhh, teams need not with every match like the Australian invincibles (women of today and men of 2000)...they just need to with the right matches to lift the cup. I believe that was the template Pak followed in 2009 T20 world cup and 2017 champions trophy. "
Muhammad: "never got my comment published:" Same.
Iftikhar Ahmed c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Mustafizur Rahman 1 (8m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
Ali Shah: "This match is a complete comedy of errors !!! "
Shahbaz: "Some thing like 1992 world cupFrom nowhere to semi final"
Abdul Samad: "Definitely, Pakistan deserves a semis spot. Although Pakistan cricket has ups an downs in this tournament, but they certainly lost a nail bitter against India and for sure Outclassed South Africa."
Fairuz : "So no comments about the TV umpire today? Or is commenting about it banned?" First innings was loaded with them.
END OF OVER:17 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 121/4 (7 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.11, RRR: 2.33)
- Iftikhar Ahmed0 (1b)
- Shan Masood18 (9b)
- Shakib Al Hasan4-0-35-1
- Taskin Ahmed3-0-26-0
Rahul Kapoor answers coincidentally, "Seems like the best 4 teams will be in Semis." Subhh: "Did Pak really deserve semis spot?"
Sam: "Definitely Mohd Haris will be a threat in semis!! "
Mohammad Haris c Nasum Ahmed b Shakib Al Hasan 31 (31m 18b 1x4 2x6) SR: 172.22
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