The match between Pakistan and South Africa is likely to be affected by the rain at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai.
It is looking gloomy in Chennai with mild drizzle in the air. The Northeast monsoon couldn’t have come at a worse time. However, the good news for the fans is that the forecast looks promising from afternoon.
This match is a must-win for the Pakistan as their World Cup campaign has gone heywire as they have suffered three consecutive losses.
For a team that went into the Asia Cup in September as the No 1 ranked ODI side, they have been on a nose-dive since. It is hard to pinpoint one reason behind the dramatic change in fortune, but the evening in Colombo where pacer Nasim Shah limped out injured, broke Pakistan’s back that they haven’t been able to stand tall since then.
With a batting line-up that follows a decade-old template in place, and fielding being lacklustre, they have only been making it more and more challenging each game.
“I think we have underperformed, in all three matches. We haven’t underperformed this way before. We know that we are not playing good cricket,” Shadab Khan told reporters on Thursday.