The 7th T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates has reached its final stages and cricket lovers are anxiously waiting for the last two matches.
Last night, England was defeated by New Zealand, and today Pakistan will face Australia in the second semi-final.
Questions are being raised as to whether Pakistan will be able to break the tradition of not beating the Australians in the semi-finals?
T20 World Cup
The ICC T20 World Cup is a 20-over world cricket tournament organized by the International Cricket Council. These competitions are held every two years, with a gap of four years between the 2016 competition and the 2020 competition. All competitions are played according to the World T20 status. So far these competitions have been held 6 times and West Indies is the only team that has won two T20 World Cups so far.
Who won when?
1) The first match was held in South Africa in 2007 in which the Indian team defeated Pakistan in the final and became the winner.
2) Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in the 2009 event in England.
3) The third match was played in the West Indies in 2010 in which England defeated Australia.
4) The fourth match was played in 2012 in Sri Lanka where West Indies won the trophy by defeating Sri Lanka in the final.
5) In 2014, the fifth match was held in Bangladesh in which the Sri Lankan team won.
6) In the sixth event, in the T20 World Cup hosted by India in 2016, West Indies defeated England to win the World Cup for the second time.
7) Today is the second semi-final of the 7th T20 World Cup, the winner of which will face the Kiwis in the final, and the seventh champion will be decided on November 14.
Current situation of Pakistan
Pakistan cricket team had won the T20 World Cup in 2009 while the national team is still unbeaten in the recent event. The knockout match will be against arch-rivals Australia and if Pakistan manages to beat Australia today, it will face New Zealand in the final on 14th November.
Pakistan vs Australia
Pakistan has been unbeaten in the UAE for the last 5 years and has won 16 consecutive victories while the ‘Green Shirts’ are also ahead of Australia in the T20. Pakistan and Australia are competing in the semi-finals of the World Cup for the fifth time but it is a matter of concern that our national team has never beaten the Australian cricket team in the knockout stage. Overall, so far both the teams have competed in 23 T20 matches in which Pakistan won 12 and Australia won 9 but one match was a draw.
Bad news for Pakistan
Ahead of today’s crucial match for Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, it is a matter of concern that Pakistan’s opener Mohammad Rizwan and veteran middle-order batsman Shoaib Malik are suffering from the flue and both of them were in practice yesterday. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Haider Ali are likely to be included. However, according to the information received from UAE, Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik are in good health and it is hoped that both the players will be part of the team today.
How can Pakistan beat Australia?
Pakistan is unbeaten so far in this mega event and the fact is that there are many flaws behind the victory due to which the weaknesses of Pakistan are running side by side in this event but the opposing team will definitely keep an eye on these weaknesses of Pakistan.
The biggest weakness of the Pakistan team is to score slowly in the initial power play. Observers say that Pakistan is following the policy of gossip at the beginning and attack at the end of this event but one ball against Australia is valuable and The Australian team will not allow Pakistan to play freely in the end. So we have to use the initial power play correctly and try to score as many runs as possible by saving wickets.
Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman has not yet shown any significant performance, Mohammad Hafeez is also from time to time and of course, the Australian team must have kept these things in mind. Hassan Ali has become a significant weakness in bowling while the opposing team can also take advantage of the shortcomings of our fielding which the national team needs to pay attention to.
Can Pakistan beat Australia?
Cricket is a game of impossibilities and in T20 you can’t make any final predictions because an overmatch turns five. In this event, Pakistan reduced the pride of Indian warriors to dust and then besides getting the honour of being undefeated, many other records have also been set in their name. We are hopeful that Pakistan will make new history by hunting down the Australians and washing away the stain of defeat in the mega event.
