World Cup 2019: Rating the performance of all the teams

Modified Jul 22, 2019 08:43 IST

England lifted their maiden World Cup after a great performance in the finals.

#5 Pakistan

Rating: 6/10

Pakistan made a comeback in the second half of the World Cup

Much like Sri Lanka, Pakistan’s performances have dwindled over the years. This World Cup was a tale of two halves for Pakistan. They performed badly in the first half of the tournament with embarrassing losses to West Indies, Australia, and India.

However, Pakistan came back stronger in the latter part of the tournament and stayed in the hunt for a semi-final spot until the very end. They eventually finished their World Cup campaign with 11 points along with New Zealand. But since New Zealand had a healthier NRR, they qualified for the semi-finals instead of Pakistan.

In the end, it was the games against West Indies and Sri Lanka that came back to haunt them. Pakistan were bowled out for 105 runs against West Indies while their match against Sri Lanka was washed out.

Ultimately, Pakistan couldn’t replicate their heroics of the 1992 World Cup and had to settle for fifth place.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

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Edited by Kingshuk Kusari