{"id":1831,"date":"2019-07-05T06:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T06:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2019-07-05T07:02:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T07:02:14","slug":"this-is-where-the-92-world-cup-comparisons-stop-for-pakista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/this-is-where-the-92-world-cup-comparisons-stop-for-pakista\/","title":{"rendered":"This is where the &#8217;92 World Cup comparisons stop for Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"template__header clearfix modifier--open px-1 \">\n<h2 class=\"story__title size-ten mt-1 pb-3 border--bottom\" data-layout=\"story\" data-id=\"1492238\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"block sm-inline-block clearfix float-none sm-float-right\">\n<div class=\"social social--icon social--black social--flat social--facebook social--count float-left mr-1 my-2 \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"social hidden sm-block social--print social--icon social--black social--flat float-left mr-1 my-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"template__main clearfix modifier--open px-1 modifier--widedefault modifier--blockquote-center-narrow \">\n<div class=\"story__content pt-1 mt-1\">\n<p>It\u2019s crazy how some super optimists are still plotting ways to semi-finals which do not exist. Or exist only in mathematical possibilities and fantasies. Pakistan are out of World Cup 2019, and so are Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Then 2015 happened. Pakistan toured Bangladesh, which in hindsight they shouldn\u2019t have. The then Azhar Ali-led side suffered one of the most lopsided of whitewashes ever. 31-1 became 31<\/p>\n<p>While a victory would do neither side any tangible good, it will help them cap their World Cup campaign on a high. Then there also is the consolation prize of finishing fifth and as the best of the rest.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"5d1ed70320426\">Team News<\/h2>\n<p>The game can be won but the World Cup can\u2019t be. Keeping that in mind, it would be best if Pakistan try out the young Mohammad Hasnain who has yet to feature in any matches. Wahab Riaz would naturally be the player making way since he is nursing a fractured finger.<\/p>\n<p>Misfiring Shoaib Malik is another one who could be given one last chance before he bows out.<\/p>\n<p>For Bangladesh, the situation isn\u2019t vague. They\u2019ve known a while that\u00a0they are out of the World Cup, which makes it easier for them to tinker their line-up. Mahmudullah and Rubel Hossain are expected to be drafted into the side.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"5d1ed7032045c\">Prediction<\/h2>\n<p>Question here is who needs the victory more? To whom does it matter the most? The answer is Pakistan. The Men in Green will undergo major changes post-World Cup. Whoever would do well today will leave that as the lasting image, and may survive the axe.<\/p>\n<p>By that argument, Pakistan players are bound to try harder than Bangladeshi ones. Expect Sarfaraz Ahmed\u2019s men to make it four straight wins today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s crazy how some super optimists are still plotting ways to semi-finals which do not exist. Or exist only in mathematical possibilities and fantasies. Pakistan are out of World Cup 2019, and so are Bangladesh. Then 2015 happened. Pakistan toured Bangladesh, which in hindsight they shouldn\u2019t have. The then Azhar Ali-led side suffered one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-sports","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}