A spectacular knock by Babar Azam helped Pakistan end New Zealand’s unbeaten start to the 2019 ICC World Cup, as the Asian side beat the Kiwis by six wickets to keep their hopes for a semi-finals spot alive. Bowling first, the left-arm pace brigade of Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Amir were too hot to handle for the New Zealand top-order, and that was well complimented by a match-winning 126 run partnership between Azam and Haris Sohail.
The win helped Pakistan get to seven points, with games against Bangladesh and Afghanistan to follow. They could potentially now be semi-finalists if England are to slip up in their next couple of games.
Pakistan beating New Zealand also meant that Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side now have share a lot of parallels from their World Cup winning campaign of 1992. Even then, they had lost three, won two games and had one match washed out before they faced an unbeaten New Zealand side in a must win clash.
The similarities between the two campaigns sent Pakistani fans into a frenzy, as the hastag ‘#92MeiBhiYehiHuaTha’ (same things happened in 1992 as well) was trending on social media after Pakistan’s victory over New Zealand.
Here are some of the finest tweets highlighting some creepy coincidences of the two World Cup campaigns.
Similarities continues:
— Hasnain Shah (@Shahhasnain69) June 26, 2019
1992 NZ Bat 1st
2019 NZ Bat 1st
1992 Ramiz Scored Notout Century
2019 Babar Scored Notout Century
1992 Finishes with a boundary
2019 Finishes with a boundary
1992 I was Happy 😆
2019 I am Happy 😆#NZvPAK #CWC19 #WeHaveWeWill #92MaiBhiYehiHuaTha pic.twitter.com/xIPKXpyMwX
Pakistan win the match number 7 with five balls remaining. They won the game 7 with five balls remaining in WC 1992 too. This is getting unbelievable! #92MaiBhiYehiHuaTha
— Ibrahim Muhammad (@helloibrahim) June 26, 2019
Now they are broadcasting this 92 symmetry of Winning the World cup. #92MaiBhiYehiHuaTha pic.twitter.com/qP9s4Hb9E8
— Ibrahim Muhammad (@helloibrahim) June 26, 2019
92 mai Inzi ko Jhonty ne esay run-out kiya tha. I am dead. #92MaiBhiYehiHuaTha is real. #Believe
— Rehan Ulhaq (@Rehan_ulhaq) June 26, 2019
I've succumbed to the similarities curse. Here are some interesting (and contrived ones).
— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore) June 26, 2019
There are FIFTEEN in all!!#MakeStatsGreatAgain #PAKvNZ #NZvPAK #CWC19 #WeHaveWeWill pic.twitter.com/bw18KPVL0g
This is getting unbelievable😮#92MaiBhiYehiHuaTha pic.twitter.com/wyHiohyeyr
— M@leeh@_Ali (@MleehAli1) June 27, 2019
Feature Image courtesy: Cricket World Cup/ Twitter
