2012 & 2014 ICC World T20
2012 & 2014 ICC World T20 2012 ICC World T20 The 2012 edition of World T20 was held in Sri Lanka, where
Pakistan grouped in Group D with New Zealand, and Bangladesh. They won
comfortably against the two teams, and stood up as top of group D. In super
eight contest, Pakistan first played against South Africa, where Pakistan won
the match by just 2 runs. next match
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was against India, which always given a
much publicity by all over the fans. Pakistan bowled out for just 128 runs,
where India reached the target with only 2 wickets given. Pakistan won their
last Super eight match against Australia by 32 runs, where Saeed Ajmal
performed well in the match by taking 3 wickets for 17 runs. Pakistan qualified
for the semi-finals after superior net run rate than India.
The Pakistan semi-final was with the host-Sri Lanka. Sri
Lanka scored 139/ with Mahela Jayawardena took the gear. Pakistan chased the
target, but wickets in crucial interval gave them backward. Skipper Mohammad
Hafeez scored 42 runs and all the other batsmen not going well. The match was
turned towards Sri Lanka with magical spell by Rangana Herath, who took wickets
of Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik. Finally Pakistan lost the
match by 16 runs.
2014 ICC World T20 The 2014 ICC World T20 was held by Bangladesh. the Pakistani
team was in Bangladesh prior to the World T20, due to 2014 Asia Cup, which was
held by Bangladesh. Pakistan played for the Group 2, with mighty oppositions.
The tournament was a disappointing one for the Pakistanis, where they won 2 and
lost 2, finished the group as third and disqualified for the semi-finals.
The first group match was with rivals India, which India won
by 7 wickets. The next match was against Australia, where Pakistan scored 191/5
with brilliant batting of Umar Akmal. Australia had a fierce going with 33 ball
74 runs by Glenn Maxwell, but only managed to score 175. Pakistan won the match
by 16 runs. The match against Bangladesh was a comfortable win by 50 runs.
Pakistani opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad scored
the maiden T20I century by a
Pakistani. He finished with an unbeaten 111 of 62 balls. The crucial match was
with West Indies, where the winning team would go through to the semi-final.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 166/6 in their
20 overs, West Indies scored 82 runs off the last 5 overs giving a fearsome
hitting to the Pakistani bowlers. Pakistan's chase was unsuccessful as they
were bowled out for just 82 runs. Pakistan was eliminated from the tournament
with this result.
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