Hopeful Pakistan ease to T20 World Cup win over Netherlands

After two final-ball losses, Pakistan register their first win at the T20 World Cup.

Pakistan comfortably defeated the Netherlands to register their first win of the World Cup [Trevor Collens / AFP]

Pakistan trounced European country by six wickets to stay their Twenty 20 tourney campaign alive, bouncing back to register their initial win of the tournament when last-ball defeats against Republic of Zimbabwe and Republic of India.

Pakistan restricted the Dutch to 91-9 when being asked to bowl initial, and so cruised to 95-4 on Sunday with thirty seven balls to spare as Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with forty nine.

Rizwan wasted no time in kick-starting Pakistan’s reply, peeling eleven runs off the primary over.

Captain fictitious character Azam, World Health Organization is nonetheless to hit his straps with eight runs from 3 matches, was run out for four once Roelof van der Merwe at position nailed an immediate hit.

Fast-bowler Brandon Glover had Fakhar rain tree caught behind for twenty as a ten,000-plus crowd, dominated by West Pakistan supporters, feared for the worst at a venue wherever West Pakistan fell short by one run in their chase of a modest a hundred thirty against Republic of Zimbabwe on Thursday.

Rizwan and Tai Long Masood calmed the nerves with a stand of thirty and despite each falling close to the tip, West Pakistan sailed past their target as bowling hero Shadab Khan hit the winning four.

“The last few games … we tend to vie nice cricket however still we tend to didn’t end the sport however these days we tend to finished the sport,” aforementioned man-of-the-match Shadab.

“All the bowlers bowled nice, as a result of [the gap bowlers] place pressure on within the power play and [the batters] have to be compelled to attempt to hit American state and that i can get the chance to require wickets.”

Pakistan’s Muhammad Rizwan is the top-ranked T20 batter in the world (Photo by Trevor Collens / AFP) /

It was the bowlers World Health Organization started conclusion for a aspect that lost their opener to Republic of India and so were appalled by Republic of Zimbabwe in cluster a pair of.

Shadab came back figures of 3-22 and pace bowler Mohammad Wasim took 2 wickets to line the tone for his or her team’s domination against a Dutch aspect World Health Organization area unit out of the semi-final running when losing a 3rd straight Super twelve match.

Returning Dutch opener Stephan Myburgh stone-broke the shackles with a boundary off monarcheen Shah Afridi solely to fall next ball, caught at fine leg making an attempt another massive hit to be out for 6. There was no respite from the West Pakistan fast bowlers.

Wasim took 2 wickets in 2 balls just for Paul van Meekeren to survive the hat-trick delivery, and Haris Rauf created sensible use of the bounce on supply.

Pakistan currently have to be compelled to win their remaining matches against African nation on Thursday and Asian nation in a very week’s time – and want different results to travel their manner – to possess any likelihood of a semi-final place.