Pakistan, the runners-up in the last edition, are now officially out of the T20 World Cup after the USA vs. Ireland match was called off on Friday.
The USA and Ireland each gained one point for a damp outfield that was unplayable, giving the co-hosts five points overall and a trip to the Super 8. Pak’s highest point total is four, even if they win their match against Ireland on Sunday.
Pak needed to qualify if the USA vs. Ireland match happened and Ireland prevailed. This would have given Pak a chance to go to the next round by defeating Ireland. But Babar Azam’s team was eliminated due to weather-related issues.
The fact that the Pak team was unable to advance to the Super Eight was a source of great disappointment and sadness, according to Kamran Akmal. In addition, he expressed regret for the team’s subpar cricket performance and underlined that the issues must immediately be fixed.
Wasim Jaffer also responded, stating that to common assumption, Pak remained in the tournament because the Ireland vs. USA game was postponed due to rain. Rather, Pak’s defeat by the United States led to their elimination.
Also read: When Pak lost to the United States in the T20 World Cup, a US representative made the snide comment, “often get in trouble.”
In response to the game being called off before a ball was bowled, Cricket Ireland tweeted that their dreams of making it to the Super 8s were ruined by the Florida weather. While expressing their disappointment, they decided to give it one last shot on Sunday.
Here is how ‘X’ reacted to Pakistan’s elimination from T20 WC 2024:
Congratulations Pakistan you are successfully qualified for the Karachi station 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/SoHQcqA9PZ
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) June 14, 2024
Pakistan are KNOCKED OUT from the T20 World Cup 2024
Pakistan wil not even qualify for the next T20 world cup directly. They need to play qualification.
Worst Performance comes after Pakistan Army trained them this time pic.twitter.com/diyBoPSWC8
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) June 14, 2024
Pakistan out of worldcup T20#USAvsIRE
Meanwhile, my TL 😍😍 pic.twitter.com/bv3LMykQfl
— RS (@AwaraRish) June 14, 2024
Bye Bye Pakistan 👋! #T20WorldCup
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) June 14, 2024
🚨 Azam Khan will not travel with the team back to Pakistan as he is yet to explore the restaurants in Florida pic.twitter.com/GcWZ7EqdIs
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) June 14, 2024
Trained by the Pakistan Army in a fitness camp, knocked out by the USA in the T20 World Cup.
Familiar-ish script 🤐
— Behram Qazi 🇵🇰 🇨🇦 (@DeafMango) June 14, 2024
Pakistan Team and Babar Azam qualified for Karachi Airport, everyone welcome be like 😅,😄😄😄😄
– Kings Kar lega in T20 World Cup.
– Babar Azam Ghante Ka King
– Qudrat ka nizam can’t work
– 150+ pace factory pic.twitter.com/mqqES0cNPR— Waseem jadoon (@JadoonZaryan) June 14, 2024