Rain delay, Liton Das’s show, and late scare by Noorul Hassan. Pakistan cricket fans’ prayers went unheeded despite Bangladesh fighting a real fight against Indians in rain-hit T20 World Cup match at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan’s hopes have started to break with this. India One lakh also got shattered into pieces as Arshdeep Singh managed to score 20 runs in the final over. Initially India’s chase of 185 runs, a rain show in Adelaide reduced the total to 151 in 16 overs.
India bounced back with some decent catches in the outfield after KL Rahul dismissed Dangerman Das (60 off 27) with an unbelievable direct hit at the non-striker’s end after the restart.
Bangladesh faced a batting line-up after Das’s return but Hasan kept the Tigers’ hopes alive. In the end, Arshdeep Singh kept his nerves as India registered a 5 run win over Bangladesh.
While Bangladesh fans were quite upset, it was Pakistani Twitter, which backed Shakib’s team to victory, to remain in the hunt for the World Cup, that was outraged at the results.
Many praised Bangladesh for their spirited performance and their persistence in the hunt till the last ball, but they blamed the match officials for resuming the match “early” despite the wet outfield.
It should be noted here that courtesy the victory of India, Pakistan’s chances of qualifying for the semi-finals have gone down.
There were memes, there was outrage, and there was disappointment all over Twitter.
Liton Das, Rain and DLS have given us more hope and smiles than our entire batting lineup
— rants (@rantspakistani) 2 November 2022
@ Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/2OTSeJ9YEa
– Bunty. (@atang_waddi) 2 November 2022
Totally biased umpiring throughout the match. From on-field umpire to third. Everyone tried their best to win it for India. Actually ICC means Indian Cricket council.
This picture is not just a meme but a reflection of what the ICC does. pic.twitter.com/zpiyPjiiuY— Muhammad Noor (@Noor_Marriii) 2 November 2022
Whether India is playing a match with Pakistan or Bangladesh or any Asian country, the match is decided in India’s favor, the umpires also do what the ICC says i.e. BCCI. It means ICC = BCCI pic.twitter.com/K3EroVeebq
— usama (@usama_022) 2 November 2022
The rain stopped, the rain didn’t want to stop, the rain didn’t want to stop pic.twitter.com/MkckXgiKGf
– Bunty. (@atang_waddi) 2 November 2022
Yeh Kohli would have got wide + no ball + freehit + 5 extra runs from Kohli
– Bunty. (@atang_waddi) 2 November 2022
It is 4 o’clock in the evening in Pakistan. Most of us are at work. We dropped everything to tune in to India vs Bangladesh and prayed for rain. And now the rain has stopped.
As I said before, we are the problem.— ariha fatima (@arihafatimah) 2 November 2022
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
May Allah rain not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop
Ya Allah rain does not stop– Bunty. (@atang_waddi) 2 November 2022
Bangladesh was robbed so badly it’s worse than a Pakistan vs India match
— zahra (@zarnnj) 2 November 2022
ICC should gift the World Cup to India before every event and then play the World Cup among the remaining teams.
— Usama Zafar (@Usama7) 2 November 2022
Friends, when the rain comes, Pakistan goes again, this happened in 92 also.
— Abdullah (@michaelscottfc) 2 November 2022
In my 19 years of playing, I have never seen groundstaff and match officials eager to start the game.
— Abdullah (@HolaItsAbdullah) 2 November 2022
Player of the tournament should be Erasmus Emo
— Has (@GokboruWolf) 2 November 2022
Team India this world cup
performance 30%
money spent 200% pic.twitter.com/JKbtZwJNMt— Muhammad Noor (@Noor_Marriii) 2 November 2022
It’s all about power and money. pic.twitter.com/El3LmE0A76
— ramiya 2.0 (@yehtuhogaaa) 2 November 2022
“East Pakistan or West, brother have you done masala?” #T20World Cup pic.twitter.com/aIhNIGqHe8
— (@itsmeSehrish) 2 November 2022
ICC stands for Cricket Council of India.
— Saith Abdullah (@SaithAbdullah99) 2 November 2022
First ball after play resume and Bangladesh player slips while running, clearly conditions are not right and any team other than India and they will wait a bit more to restart
– Osama. (@ashaqeens) 2 November 2022
Here’s what the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Group 2 status looks like:
(courtesy: google)
Earlier in the game, India posted a massive total courtesy fifties from KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. For Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmood took three wickets but overall India were the favorites to win in the second half. They managed to hold their nerves after some tense moments in the second half and are now on the right track to make it to the semi-finals.
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