{"id":7737,"date":"2023-11-11T10:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=371769"},"modified":"2023-11-11T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T05:01:29","slug":"pakistan-zindabhag-veteran-indian-world-cup-winner-virender-sehwag-on-pakistans-exit-from-world-cup-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/pakistan-zindabhag-veteran-indian-world-cup-winner-virender-sehwag-on-pakistans-exit-from-world-cup-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPakistan Zindabhag,\u201d Veteran Indian World Cup winner Virender Sehwag on Pakistan\u2019s exit from World Cup 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s decisive five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023 has practically secured their spot in the semifinals, dealing a significant blow to Pakistan\u2019s aspirations. Pakistan now faces an almost insurmountable task of beating England by 287 runs or successfully chasing down a target with 284 balls remaining in their last league match to surpass New Zealand\u2019s net run-rate and advance to the semis against India.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistan ki khaas baat hai ki jis team ko Pakistan support karti hai, woh team Pakistan ki tarah khelne lagti hai \ud83d\ude02.<br \/>Sorry Sri Lanka. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qv960oju2m\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qv960oju2m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virrender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virendersehwag\/status\/1722852799359406514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Pakistan\u2019s challenging predicament, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag took to X (formerly Twitter) with a playful taunt. Mocking the popular slogan \u201cPakistan Zindabaad\u201d (Long Live Pakistan), Sehwag humorously suggested, \u201cPakistan Zindabhaag! Have a safe flight back home,\u201d playfully translating to Pakistan run away alive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistan Zindabhaag! <br \/>Have a safe flight back home . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7QKbLTE5NY\">pic.twitter.com\/7QKbLTE5NY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virrender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virendersehwag\/status\/1722847290883449082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the dust settles on the league stage, the semifinal pairings for the World Cup 2023 are nearly set. India is poised to clash with New Zealand at Mumbai\u2019s Wankhede Stadium on November 15, recalling their showdown in the 2019 World Cup semifinals. Simultaneously, South Africa and Australia are set to battle it out at Kolkata\u2019s Eden Gardens on November 16. The much-anticipated final awaits the winners of these encounters on November 19 at Ahmedabad\u2019s Narendra Modi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>While South Africa and New Zealand have yet to secure an ODI World Cup title, India boasts two championships. Australia remains the most successful team in the tournament\u2019s history, with five 50-over World Cups to their credit (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s decisive five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023 has practically secured their\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":30636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[764],"class_list":["post-7737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-virender-sehwag"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}