Cricket world cup 2023
The brilliant Pakistan team recorded the greatest run chase in the 48-year-old cricket world cup history.
The Pakistan batsmen who put Sri Lanka in to the helpless position at the Hyderabad cricket stadium and got their second victory in this World Cup.
This year’s World Cup does not seem to be favorable to the bowlers at all.It is not clear with what purpose the International Cricket Council is preparing the pitches like this.What will happen by making these kinds of flat pitches?The competition that should be there in the most important tournament in cricket will be destroyed.
When the batsmen score centuries after centuries, the bowlers become helpless.This should not happen in a tournament like this.However, the inevitable happened.
The Sri Lankan team is not as strong as the Pakistan team. Winning the World Cup this year is not something that anyone dreams of.
Looking at the way they played against Pakistan today, it only shows their inability to control a game.
As far as I can see, Sri Lanka is the unluckiest team among the 10 teams playing in the World Cup this year.
I feel that if there is a skipper who is helpless on the field, it is Dasun Shanaka.
There are many reasons for his helplessness. One of them is that he does not have any kind of balanced team. It is unfortunate for Shanaka to play with second-tier bowlers when his strongest bowlers are injured.trying to get an unexpected service from a 20-year-old fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana is a very sad situation. Pathirana is a fast bowler with a bright future. After Malinga, saving Pathirana, who bowls in a similar manner, is like winning the World Cup.How appropriate is it to use a young bowler with less experience as the main bowler in a such tournament?No matter how strong a bowler he is, it should be understood that his mental state will be destroyed by bowling on pitches designed only for batsmen.
Sri Lanka opener Kusal Janith failed in the second match in a row. The selectors should be watch closely about him. Kusal Mendis, who has matured well, seems to have understood the rhythm of this tournament well.
Having an aggressive batting pattern is essential to win this World Cup. The four teams with fast batsmen will definitely make it to the final four.Looking at it like this, New Zealand, England, India and Pakistan seem to be at the forefront.Australia is also a balanced team, so they will try their best to qualify for the finals.
In today’s match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, although Sri Lanka scored 344 runs in 50 overs, it is doubtful whether it is a winning score. Kusal Mendis scored a very quick century and Sadeera Samarawickrama also scored his first ODI century in this match.
But to what extent Sadeera Samarawickrama’s century helped to increase the total score of the match should be considered.The Sri Lankan team collected only 61 runs in the last 10 overs. By that time only 4 wickets had been lost. Sadeera should have increased the scoring rate in such a situation.
After the dismissal of Kusal Mendis, Charith asalanka came in to bat. But he couldn’t stay on the wicket for too long.
The dismissal of Asalanka was the main factor that contributed to the collapse of the Sri Lankan innings.
Also, Dananjaya de Silva is not a suitable batsman for this year’s World Cup.A slow batsman like Dananjaya should be there when a few wickets are lost quickly and needs to build up the innings slowly.
As soon as Dananjaya came to bat, the scoring rate dropped very quickly.Due to this factor, Sadeera Samarawickrama’s scoring rate also slowed down. Dasun Shanaka, who came to bat after Dananjaya’s dismissal, also felt that fact.This is what caused the score to drop down to 344 runs.
Pakistan batsmen come to bat with the aim of winning the match somehow. They did not consider that 344 runs was a big target.With a very good plan, they led the game to victory.
It is doubtful that an innings as brilliant as Mohammad Rizwan’s unbeaten 131 will be seen again in this World Cup.Even though he was injured, his effort to stay at the stumps till the victory without jeopardizing the match was very valuable.
Abdul Safiki scored 113 runs and 4 centuries were recorded in this match. Also, if the wickets are set up to give advantage to the batsmen,We will see a lot of centuries in this world cup .
