The captain of the national team became the first batsman from Pakistan to participate in the World Cup as the No. 1 batsman:
Hyderabad (Urdu Point Latest News. October 6, 2023) This has never happened in 48 years, Babar Azam has achieved the most unique honor, becoming the first Pakistan batsman to participate in the World Cup as the captain of the national team as the No. 1 batsman. became Since the inception of World Cup tournaments in the ODI format, never has a Pakistani batsman entered the World Cup with the No. 1 position in the ICC rankings.
Babar Azam is the only batsman and captain of Pakistan who is currently going into the World Cup as the number 1 batsman in the ICC rankings. Apart from this, Babar Azam also became the first Pakistani captain to win a World Cup match in India. Pakistan has played 3 World Cup matches in India till date, losing 2 and winning only 1 match.
In the second match of the ICC Men's World Cup, Pakistan defeated the Netherlands by 81 runs.
This was the first time in Pakistan's cricket history that a Pakistani team managed to win a match in the ODI World Cup in India. Thus, Babar Azam took the honor of winning Pakistan's first match of the Cricket World Cup in India. Earlier, Pakistan played a Cricket World Cup match in India for the first time in the 1996 World Cup, where in the quarter finals, Pakistan faced defeat against India under the leadership of Amir Sohail.
While in the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup, Pakistan was defeated by India under the leadership of Shahid Afridi. Pakistan managed to win a World Cup match in India for the first time in Hyderabad on Friday. National team opener Fakhar Zaman failed once again and returned to the pavilion with an individual score of 12 in the match being played at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
Van Beek took the wicket for the Netherlands. Captain Babar Azam was caught out after scoring 5 runs. Imam-ul-Haq was also caught out after scoring 15 runs. After the top order failed, Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel took over the team and took the score above 150. Saud Shakeel completed the second fifty of his ODI career in 32 balls by showing excellent batting in which he hit 7 fours and a six.
Wicket keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan also completed 50 runs with the help of 6 fours while batting well, Saud Shakeel returned to the pavilion after scoring 68 runs in the 29th over. Wicket keeper batsman Muhammad Rizwan got out after playing an innings of 68 runs off 75 balls, Iftikhar also returned to the pavilion for 9 runs. Shadab Khan and Muhammad Nawaz supported the national team by forming a partnership of 62 runs, Shadab got out after scoring 32 runs.
Hasan Ali lost the wicket at zero, Mohammad Nawaz played an innings of 39 runs. In the final overs, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi took the score to 286 runs. Haris was stumped after scoring 16 runs, thus the entire Pakistan team was bowled out for 286 runs in 49 overs. Shaheen scored 13 runs and remained not out. On behalf of the Netherlands, Bas de Ledde took 4 wickets while Ackerman took 2 wickets, Ariane Dutt, Logan van Beek and Paul van McRae took one wicket each.
Chasing the target of 287 runs, Max O'Dodd was caught out by Hasan Ali for 5 runs while Colin Ackerman was bowled for 17 runs by Iftikhar Ahmed. Vikramjeet Singh was the victim of Shadab by scoring 52 runs, Teja Ndamanuru was dismissed for just 5 runs and then Scott Edwards was dismissed for Haris Rauf. Saqib Zulfiqar became the victim of Shaheen Shah Afridi by scoring 10 runs.
The Netherlands suffered their seventh loss in the form of a set-beater Bes de Leda, who was bowled out for 67 runs off the ball of Mohammad Nawaz. Van Beek scored 28 and van der Merwe scored 4 more runs and Paul van Meekren scored 7 runs, thus the entire team of the Netherlands was bowled out for 205 runs in 41 overs. On behalf of Pakistan, Haris Rauf took 3 wickets and Hassan Ali took 2 wickets while Shaheen Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan took one wicket each.
Earlier, Netherlands captain Scott Edwards won the toss and decided to field first. He said that he will try to start the tournament with success against Pakistan. On this occasion, the captain of the national team Babar Azam said that they will try to put the Netherlands under pressure by giving them a big target. The Pakistan squad consisted of captain Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Imamul Haq, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf, while the Netherlands squad consisted of captain Scott Edwards, Vikram. Those included were Jeet Singh, Max O'Dowd, Colin Ackerman, Bas de Leeds, Teja Ndamanuru, Saqib Zulfikar, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt and Paul van McRae.
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