After a stellar semi-final entry. Pakistan remain low-key in training for their clash against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. After traveling from Adelaide on Monday, he decided to cancel his practice session on Tuesday. The only exception to this plan was their captain and star batsman Babar Azam, who opted for a forty-minute session with batting coach Matthew Hayden.

Moving into the World Cup, Babar and Rizwan scored 50% of Pakistan’s total

Usually, players take these sessions when they are out of form. Rohit Sharma had the same thing before, after Babar, Kane Williamson and James Neesham did the same at the SCG. And while Pakistan wait for their standout batsman and his teammate Mohammad Rizwan to return to their old form, they still find themselves in an oddly comfortable position heading into the semi-finals.

This is strange because going forward in the World Cup, Babar and Rizwan scored 50% of Pakistan’s total. A half-century is yet to be scored between these two in the World Cup. While his greatest batting strength has come a cropper, his weakest suit stands taller than expected. Pakistan’s middle-order average was 18.42, the worst of all the full member teams that appeared in the tournament.

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It started with Shan Masood’s unbeaten half-century in the opening game

In the World Cup, however, Pakistan have quietly found the dominant middle-order to efficiently lift the burden, while their openers want a change. At various points in the tournament, They have seen useful contributions come through in the right way. It started with Shan Masood’s unbeaten half-century in the opening game against India, and when he managed to recover from 43/4 against South Africa, he scored 185 runs.

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