Colombo: Pakistan\u2019s hopes of reaching the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup semi-finals remain alive following England\u2019s thrilling 4-wicket victory over New Zealand in the Super 8 stage. The outcome has set up a crucial clash between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which will determine which team advances to the semi-finals alongside England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the match at Colombo, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to bat first. The Kiwis managed 159 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. England successfully chased the target, reaching 160 with 4 wickets down in the final over, keeping Pakistan\u2019s semi-final chances intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, the semi-final spot depends on Pakistan\u2019s performance against Sri Lanka in their upcoming match. To surpass New Zealand, which currently holds 3 points and a better net run rate, Pakistan must defeat Sri Lanka by a significant margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to estimates, Pakistan will need to beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs<\/strong> to ensure progression to the semi-finals. If Sri Lanka bats first, Pakistan must chase the target within 13 overs<\/strong> to achieve the required net run rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to note that England has already qualified for the semi-finals from this group, while Sri Lanka is effectively out of contention. Pakistan\u2019s match against Sri Lanka is therefore a must-win scenario, with a substantial margin needed to secure a spot in the last four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Colombo: Pakistan\u2019s hopes of reaching the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup semi-finals remain alive following England\u2019s thrilling 4-wicket victory over New Zealand in the Super 8 stage. The outcome has set up a crucial clash between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which will determine which team advances to the semi-finals alongside England. In the match at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875","service":"facebook","timestamp":1772275126,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12670,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12668\/revisions\/12670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}