31/05/2025
THE NIGHTM*RE of 2019 WORLD CUP 💔
, 6 Years ago on 31st May 2019, Pakistan started their 2019 World Cup Campaign in a Catastrophic way and were Hammered by West Indies in the opening match by 7 wkts. The ( -5 ) run rate after the 1st Match was such Lethal that it destroyed our Chances of Qualifying for the Semis despite playing so well in the Later stages.
Yes we were Unlucky coz the same West Indies team won just one more game in the whole world cup that too against Afghanistan. Our match against SL was washed out. Finch’s last second review. Carlos Brathwaite’s dismissal with just 6 needed, but we had to blame ourselves too.
We had one of the Strongest Squads in 2019. Genius Leader SARFARAZ, PEAK BABAR, IMAM, FAKHAR, HAFEEZ, HARIS SOHAIL, AMIR, SHAHEEN, IMAD, SHADAB. Everyone was Young, Energetic, and in their Peak. However, we did the same mistake which we are doing now. FAILURE to CHOOSE our BEST XI 😓
We Kept on Playing the out of form MALIK and HASAN ALI while HARIS SOHAIL and SHAHEEN were warming the bench. When we realised our Mistake, it was already All Over for us even after winning FOUR Consecutive Matches 💔
Imagine we had played this Playing XI against Australia and India too 😓
1) Fakhar
2) Imam
3) Babar
4) Hafeez
5) Haris Sohail
6) Sarfaraz Ahmed
7) Imad Wasim
8 ) Shadab Khan
9) Wahab
10) Amir
11) Shaheen
Tu ham zaroor Australia and India ko hara dete 😓
This team won 4 consecutive matches at the end. Full form and Rhythm pakar chuke te last match tak. Batsmen runs kar rahe te. Bowlers wkts le rahe te. per WI wale match and SL wale washout ne tabah kar dia hame 😓💔
Pakistan defeated both the Finalists of 2019 WC in Group matches 🥹
Overall, we won 5, lost just 3 and 1 NR which is not a Bad Performance by any means. Infact before the WC we all had thought that we will have tough time against AUS, IND, and ENG but as we always do. We lost against a Team (WI) which we were definitely not expecting coz we thrashed them in the Bilaterals before that. We also thought England will smash us coz they hammered us in the Home Series before the WC but we Beat them in the WC 🥹
Trust me ham jis tara Rhythm me te tu SF me India ko zaror hara dete. People remember 2011 but this 2019 WC was our Great Opportunity with the Kind of Players that we had 😓💔😭
What do you guys think were the reasons of our defeat in 2019 WC??