News Update
Tezzbuzz|13-06-2024
Delhi: Be it life or sports, boastfulness often proves costly. The same happened with a Pakistani journalist when he targeted the New Zealand team. The journalist also blamed the Indian Premier League (IPL) for New Zealand's defeat. In response, former New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan gave a befitting reply to that journalist.
New Zealand suffered a defeat at the hands of the West Indies in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match on Thursday, dealing a severe blow to their hopes of reaching the Super-8s.
At the same time, Pakistani journalist Imran Siddiqui wrote on the social media platform X, “This is what happens when you prioritize money over national duty. New Zealand had a good opportunity to prepare for the World Cup 2024 during the tour of Pakistan, but its key players gave priority to the IPL and now they are almost out of the World Cup.”
In response to this, former New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan gave a befitting reply to Imran Siddiqui and wrote, “Very bad. You lost to our C team (New Zealand's small team), Ireland and America.”
Now the question arises how will New Zealand reach the Super-8?
In Group C of the T20 World Cup, New Zealand has faced defeat against Afghanistan and West Indies. West Indies has qualified for the Super-8 from this group because it won all three of its matches. Afghanistan is in second place with 4 points after winning both its matches, while the Kiwi team is in last place in the group after losing both its matches.
New Zealand still has two matches left, which they have to play against Papua New Guinea and Uganda. There is a possibility that New Zealand will get 4 points, but still their path to Super-8 seems impossible. New Zealand can reach Super-8 only if Afghanistan loses both its matches (against Papua New Guinea and West Indies), and at the same time New Zealand will also have to improve their net run rate to better than Afghanistan, which looks very difficult. Now it remains to be seen how the Black Caps perform in their remaining matches.
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