After the major disappointment by Pakistan team, Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Instagram to post a motivational message.
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 1st June, 2019) West Indies crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in a one-sided contest at Trent Bridge on Friday as the two-time champions laid down a marker in their first match of the World Cup.
Pakistan had no answer to the West Indies' fast bowlers and were bundled out for a paltry 105 in just 21.4 overs – their second-lowest World Cup total.
After the major disappointment by Pakistan team, Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Instagram to post a motivational message.
Sharing a picture of his cricket days, he wrote, “It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.”
Pakistan's sloppy and vulnerable batting was cruelly exposed by some short-pitched bowling on a Trent Bridge pitch famous for big totals.
Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam were the joint top-scorers with 22 each in an abysmal display of batting.
The only other batsmen to reach double figures were Wahab Riaz, who scored 18, and Mohammad Hafeez (16).
But this was not Pakistan's lowest total at a World Cup, which remains the 74 they made against England at Adelaide on the way to their only World Cup title in 1992, where they suffered a 10-wicket thrashing by the West Indies in their opening match.
Pakistan have now lost their past 11 completed one-day internationals but will take heart from their Champions League Trophy win in England in 2017, when they recovered from a drubbing by India to win the final against their fierce rivals.
