{"id":23225,"date":"2023-11-10T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/harbhajan-singh-mocks-pakistan-ahead-of-world-cup-2023-semi-final\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:16:00","slug":"harbhajan-singh-mocks-pakistan-ahead-of-world-cup-2023-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/harbhajan-singh-mocks-pakistan-ahead-of-world-cup-2023-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Harbhajan Singh mocks Pakistan ahead of World Cup 2023 semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>India bowling legend Harbhajan Singh opened up on Pakistan\u2019s prospects of reaching the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinals ahead of their clash against England at Eden Gardens on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch ARY News live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/live.arynews.tv\/hq\/\">live.arynews.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s chances of reaching the knockout stage got bleak after 2019 finalists New Zealand triumphed over 1996 winners Sri Lanka. Now, they have got themselves in a predicament as they have to defeat England by 287 runs and successfully chase the target \u2013 whatever it is \u2013 in just 16 balls.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"sv\">Training under lights in Kolkata \ud83c\udfcf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CWC23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CWC23<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BghfFfjInk\">pic.twitter.com\/BghfFfjInk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1722676738671751561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh claimed Pakistan\u2019s World Cup 2023 campaign is already over and those thinking that the side could advance are cheating themselves on a sports channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think they have any chance,\u201d the spinner said. \u201cIt will be like cheating yourself that they have a chance. Pakistan will have to win the match by 285-odd runs. They might not score those many runs in total.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/pak-v-nz-imad-wasim-on-pakistan-reaching-world-cup-2023-semifinal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: \u2018Pakistan can beat England,\u2019 says Imad Wasim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harbhajan Singh said the Green Shirts have to score 400-450 runs in the match if they stand a chance to win by 285 runs.<\/p>\n<p>The former cricketer said England won\u2019t make the task easy for Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Babar Azam\u2019s side are placed fifth in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 points table and will go level with New Zealand in terms of points but would be eliminated from the competition on net run-rate unless they clinch a resounding win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India bowling legend Harbhajan Singh opened up on Pakistan\u2019s prospects of reaching the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinals ahead of their clash against England at Eden Gardens on Saturday. Watch ARY News live on\u00a0live.arynews.tv Pakistan\u2019s chances of reaching the knockout stage got bleak after 2019 finalists New Zealand triumphed over 1996 winners Sri Lanka. 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