Proudpakistaniguy
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I think if you want to win world cup then you should not be scared of any team and any top 4 could be dangerous on their days and if you have looked at result so far then India defeated Australia , Australia defeated England and Pakistan/SL defeated England and England defeated India and even low rank team Afghanistan troubled India and Pakistan. Losing intentionally is not good for spirit of gameAs much as I would hate it if India did lose the match on purpose..I find it a very cheap tactic if true...one thing has to be noted..
The reason why India CAN afford to lose a match on purpose is because India has put itself in a position of drivers seat. India played every oppoonent and will play every opponent, no matter what. So the playing field is level....India isn’t getting any freebies here. If the strategy is to lose to get a favorable placement on the table, that’s only possible because India has won enough games to choose its own destiny.
I also want to clarify that this has nothing to do with Pakistan, but more to do with playing the weaker of the two likely opponents, England or NZ. India would want to play NZ over Eng or Aus.
Aus to me is the toughest team to beat in the tourney, and rather than face them in semis, India would rather face Aus in the final where pressure is equal on both sides or in an alternate scenario, have England eliminate Aus. No other team outside of England in contention has the chops to beat Aus.
Of course this is my opinion and not fact. England just was the better team today, is the simple explanation.
if Pakistan had good runrate then they would be in top 4 by beating Bangladesh irrespective of results of England Vs NzCan someone tell me that what if Pakistan beat Bangladesh and England looses from NZ?
Would Pakistan qualify?
If New Zealand beat England then we qualify after beating Bangladesh
If England beat New Zealand with big margin and we also beat Bangladesh with reasonable margin then we can still qualify because then points will be equal to New Zealand and position of semi finalists will be decide on net run rate