PAK vs NZ: Pakistan Lost The Crown Of Number 1 ODI Team in 48 Hours
PAK vs NZ: Pakistan Lost The Crown Of Number 1 ODI Team in 48 Hours. The last match of the five-match ODI series being played between Pakistan and New Zealand was played in Karachi on Sunday evening.
The Team Performed Brilliantly And Won by 47 Runs:-
In this match, the visiting team performed brilliantly and won by 47 runs. This was Pakistan’s first defeat in this series.
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After this, the team also suffered a loss in the ODI rankings. The team has lost the number 1 crown in just 48 hours.
Babar Azam’s team has lost the number-1 crown after facing defeat in the match played in Karachi. Pakistan has slipped straight from the first to the third position and Australia has won again.
Australia and India are again ahead of Pakistan:-
Australia has regained the number one spot in the ICC ODI rankings with 113 ratings, while India is at number two with the same number of ratings. There is a difference of just decimal points in the ratings of India and Australia.
On the other hand, if we talk about Pakistan, after suffering a 47-run defeat in the 5th ODI against New Zealand, their team’s rating has dropped to 112 and it has reached the third position. At the same time, New Zealand is present in the top-5 with 108 ratings.
The Match Score:-
Talking about the match, New Zealand scored 299 runs while batting first. Will Young scored an inning of 87 runs for the team, besides captain Tom Latham also scored 59 runs and helped the team score further.
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Chasing the target, the Pakistan team started losing wickets in the very beginning. Later, Iftikhar Ahmed tried to win the innings of 94 runs for the team but he did not succeed.