Change in nature of wickets kept us from improving NRR - Sarfaraz Ahmed

Despite being level on points with one of the semi-finalists, New Zealand, Pakistan were forced to bow out of the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2019 as they lagged behind on the Net Run Rate (NRR). They are the first team that failed to qualify for the semi-final despite registering four consecutive wins. The seeds for their early ouster were sown in the tournament opener - a heavy thrashing by the West Indies had had such an abysmal impact on their NRR that it stayed in negative