Cricket fraternity reacts over Pakistan's upset defeat to Zimbabwe

Pakistan couldn't chase the target of 130

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Pakistan lost their second consecutive match of the T20 World Cup 2022 against Zimbabwe by one run.

Zimbabwe batted first and scored 130-8 as Mohammad Wasim Jr took a career-best of 4 wickets for 24 runs.

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Sean Williams scored 31 runs from 28 deliveries; none of the Zimbabwe batters failed to score big runs after him.

The Men in Green struggled from the start as none of the players scored big runs to chase the target of 131 runs.

Shan Masood batted well for Pakistan; he scored 38-ball 44 runs and was stumped out, The Men in Green were looking set to chase the total, however, Sikandar Raza struck thrice to bring Zimbabwe back in the game

In the last over, 11 runs were needed for victory. Mohammad Nawaz was the only hope to secure this victory, but he was caught out, thus resulting in the victory in favor of Zimbabwe.

Former cricketers and fans showed their anger after this upset loss against Zimbabwe.

from day one I said poor selection ub is cheez ki responsibility kon le ga I think it's time to get rid of so called chairman jo pcb ka khuda bana hwa hai and so called chief selector.
— Mohammad Amir (@iamamirofficial) October 27, 2022

💔💔💔 speechless #PAKvsZIM #ICCT20WorldCup2022
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) October 27, 2022

This was coming, repeated mistakes, unapologetic behaviour of captain, management.

Pakistan Cricket Team - You deserved this 🫡#PAKvZIM #T20WorldCup
— Ali (@aliahmed98_) October 27, 2022

Thats embarrassing, to be most polite!
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 27, 2022

The worst part of this defeat is that Zimbabwe hardly did anything unexpected. There wasn’t any Kohli-esque special. Zimbabwe stuck to basics and Pakistan, still, couldn’t get ahead of the game.#T20WorldCup
— Kamran Muzaffer (@Krick3r) October 27, 2022

Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by 1 run
What a triller!! 👌💥
Shame on Pakistan Cricket Team#PAKvsZIM #T20worldcup22 Haider ali
Pak bean mr bean pic.twitter.com/IAthXHyI5n
— Mehreen Khan (@Mehreenkhan143) October 27, 2022

What a shocker 😱
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) October 27, 2022

What a win for Zimbabwe! Congratulations to the Chevrons.

Next time, send the real Mr Bean…#PakvsZim 🇿🇼
— President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) October 27, 2022

It’s not an upset.. It was always Zimbabwe’s match. Bad day for neighbours. 😅 #PAKvsZIM pic.twitter.com/inXGErwqpl
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) October 27, 2022

Won’t call the result an upset, if you watched the match you know Zimbabwe played top cricket from ball #1 and showed how to defend a low total on a batting pitch. Congratulations @ZimCricketv on the win, your passion and hard work shows #PAKvsZIM
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) October 27, 2022

You guys deserve this celebration..very well played.the way you boys defended 130 runs target was just so amazing..Congrats @ZimCricketv @SRazaB24 👏🏻 short of words for team Pakistan 😔 just a sheer disappointment #PAKvsZIM #T20WC2022 pic.twitter.com/rQhxZdgcYJ
— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) October 27, 2022