Pakistan's middle order woes goes on to World T20I event

Thank God, Pakistan ain't playing the qualifiers unlike current Asian Champion Sri Lanka and West Indies have been playing, because the kind of form associates teams like Namibia, Netherlands, UAE and Zimbabwe (although I know it is being harsh to call them associate team, but their cognition from international cricket has made me call them an associate team) have been showing resilience and hence they might be the dark horses for the teams like Pakistan, India Bangladesh, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand etc.

Up-till now

West Indies and Sri Lanka have lost their games against Scotland and Namibia, and that too on the very first day of the qualifiers, which exhibit the amount of competition we are going to see as the tournament goes on.

One thing

Monotony of final outcome of the game
is not good for the game itself

Australians have done one thing good for sure, which was sans in Middle East conditions, that winning the toss and bowling means you have won the match, this thing doesn't applicable on the Australian turf, instead it is all about statistics because I was watching pitch analysis of Samuel Badree and Ian Bishop, and they were right on the mark, so this tournament is going to proceed under data analysis and statistics instead of winning the toss and bowl means you win the match.

Pakistan v England warmup game

Off late both teams have been playing a lot with each other, which includes 7 T20I games between the two, which was won by the English 4 games to 3, but this time Pakistan did experiment courageous decision of playing with many of the players rested, because I also have been saying, this is high time to test your bench strength, because while I was watching National T20 tournament final between KP and Sindh, and the way Sindh dominated the chase is the determination I'd like to see in the National Side because winning and losing is parts and parcel of the game, but how you execute your A-game is what matters the most.

Australia during CWC 1992

We all remember 1992 CWC due to Pakistan winning, but one thing we all forget, how Aussies emerged from that time to 2003, 2007 and 2015 Champions on the roll, just because they invested in research and development, and the science cum statistics they incorporated into the game of cricket, due to which they are ruling the game, as they have gained a momentum and consistency into their game.

My expectations from Pakistan team this WT20I Cup 2022

If they win, it'd be great but I am expecting them to reach the second round, i.e., the semi-final; but if they win, it'd be icing on the cake for team Babar Azam aka. BA and co. furthermore after West Indies, Pakistan is going to be the second team which won more than one World T20I Cup.

My prediction

This tournament unlike UAE edition, is wide open; and can be anyone's game but Australia, NZ, South Africa, England and India have more chances to win, because they have momentum with them, but we must look after teams which between the tournament gains momentum, just like Sri Lanka during recently concluded Asia Cup 2022, when none gave them a chance, they gained momentum, and cruised with the Asia Cup, similarly these teams have more chances but again look for the momentum teams going to take during the tournament.

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