Babar Azam hit his 10th ODI century to guide Pakistan beat New Zealand by 6 wickets at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday.
Not to forget the contribution of Haris Sohail who stitched a glor♋꧃ious 126-run stand with Babar.
Earlier, New Zealand posted a competitive 237/6 on the scoജreboard. Neesham scored an unbeaten 97 and Colin de Grandhomme chipped in with a handy 64. Shaheen Afridi was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan as he ended with his best f꧂igures (3/28) in the ongoing World Cup.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Brilliant batting by Babar Azam and Haris Sohail, special win for Pakistan. Babars batting through the innings has made all the difference. The talent of Haris So꧒hail, his shot ﷽making is pure class. Pakistan are back in this World cup! 🇵🇰💪🏼🏆
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial)
Match winning inning from Babar Azam. Brilliant display of talent by Haris Sohail. What a class act he is turning out to be.
Shaheen Afridi bowled with pace & aggression.
Pakistan Zindabad. One step closer to the dღream.— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
Fairytale it is for Pakistan. Fantastic win. Excellenဣt innings from Babar, great maturity
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Pakistan 🇵🇰 keep the dream alive!
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive)
Classy 100 by … magical matey! 👊🏻👏😎 hot to trot from last two matches 🔥👍
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
Babar Azam, brilliance. Wanted to make runs under pressure, he delivered, doesn't get tougher than chasing in a world cup fixture with your team fighting to stay alive in the competition.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
Well played Babar Azam. Wonderful player, wonderful knock and most importantly he was there till the end. He keeps playing like this, soon it could be🔯 fab 5.
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Pakistan 🇵🇰 👏🏻👏��👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Babar 💯 all cla♌ss👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23)
This is what you call a Proper run Chase on a tricky wicket … Outstanding application & mentality from Pakistan … !! The other Pakistan are starting to look very very dangerous … … What an atmosphere as well !!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
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Perfect day at the office team Pakistan ✃. All bowlers contributing special spell by . Pure class and . 👏👏👏
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt)
Babar Azam (101*) guides ꧃Pakistan to a much-needed🎀 win!
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Nice. So, Pakistan will now be knoc꧑ked out by either Afghanistan or Bangladesh.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar)
Pakistan win the match number 𒀰7 with five balls remaining. They won the game 7 with five balls remaining in WC 1992 too. This🐲 is getting unbelievable!!
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
Congratulations! Well played , Performed r🍌eally well in last two games, lets carry this energy on. Babar Azam & Harris Shoail pl♈ayed incredibly well.
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal)
What a player this Babar Azam is. Still coming of age and already, by some distance, Pakistan's best batsman. And the selection of Haris Sohail is a game-changer.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Carrying his bat through..Wow he’s played a few gꦑems but in terms of importance this ranks right up there!
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial)
Now THIS Pakistan team is real dangerous
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)