2023 – a year of ups and downs for Pakistan Cricket

The year 2023 was a momentous yet a disheartening year for Pakistan cricket in all kinds of people rivalries as the Greenshirts neglected to win any significant occasion this year, excepting a couple of individual honors.

Let’s take a closer look at how Pakistan’s men’s and women’s teams fared throughout this year.

Pakistan became the number-one ODI team, a rollercoaster of bilateral series

The Pakistan cricket Squad started off the year 2023 with a 2-1 ODI series misfortune at home against New Zealand in January.

The Kiwis visited Pakistan again in April for the T20I and ODI series, where the T20I series finished in a 2-2 tie, while one match was deserted because of downpour.

Be that as it may, Pakistan retaliated for their previous ODI series misfortune as they crushed New Zealand 4-1 this time, on account of Fakhar Zaman, who scored two centuries during the series and was decreed player of the series.

Pakistan cricket Squad arrived at the culmination of the ICC ODI Rankings interestingly during the series in the wake of overcoming New Zealand in the initial four matches, be that as it may, their rule at the top was fleeting as the misfortune in the last ODI slipped them to third place.

Preceding the New Zealand series, Pakistan played a T20I series against Afghanistan in UAE just after the Pakistan Super Association (PSL), where they rested their central members and sent a moderately youthful group under Shadab Khan.

The Greenshirts confronted their very first loss against Afghanistan in any organization when they were crushed by six wickets subsequent to being confined to a small 92-9.

Afghanistan worked on the edge of triumph as they fixed the series with a seven-wicket win in the subsequent match, while Pakistan got a comfort win in the last match.

The two groups got down to business in an ODI series in Sri Lanka in front of Asia Cup 2023, where Pakistan enrolled a decisive victory in the three-match series to expand their undefeated streak against Afghanistan in ODIs.

The 3-0 triumph in the ODI series over Afghanistan climbed Pakistan to the main spot in the ICC ODI Rankings by and by, which they held

Pakistan played just a single Test series in the principal half of the year on the grounds that the year was overwhelmed by ODI cricket by ideals of being the ODI World Cup year.

The Greenshirts visited Sri Lanka to begin their Test Title (WTC) crusade in a two-match series.

Saud Shakeel scored his lady twofold hundred years in the primary Test to prearrange a triumphant beginning to their mission with a four-wicket win.

Pakistan enlisted an enormous triumph in the second Test with an edge of an innings and 222 runs, politeness of Abdullah Shafique's lady twofold 100 years and Salman Ali Agha's unbeaten hundred years.

Lahore Qalandars became the first team to win consecutive PSL titles

From being a definitive dark horses to turning into the main group to effectively guard their Pakistan Super Association (PSL) title, Lahore Qalandars' excursion in competition history is exciting.

Lahore Qalandars stayed at the lower part of the table during the initial four versions of PSL, prior to playing the last of the fifth release, where they lost to chief adversaries Karachi Lords.

The Qalandars then had one more distracted season in 2021 yet they made a shocking return in the 2022 release and won the sought after PSL prize.

They started off their title safeguard in the eighth version of the PSL with a completely exhilarating one-run triumph over Multan Kings.

Nonetheless, they confronted a devastating 67-run rout because of most outstanding opponents Karachi Lords in the following match.

Qalandars then, at that point, proceeded to win five continuous matches, including the pounding prevail upon Islamabad Joined by 110 runs, which is the joint-third biggest edge of triumph with regards to runs in PSL history.

In any case, they worked on their record and crushed Islamabad Joined by the greatest edge of 119 runs, which is a PSL record.

Qalandars bested the brings up table with seven triumphs of ten games and confronted Multan Rulers in the principal season finisher game, where they were bowled out for a pitiful 76 while pursuing 161.

They then prearranged a rebound triumph over Peshawar Zalmi in the Eliminator 2 to pursue 172 with seven balls in excess.

Lahore Qalandars by and by faced Multan Rulers in the last of the PSL, where they came out victorious thanks to Zaman Khan's last-over heroics as he protected 13 races to assist his group with making history.

Asia Cup returns to Pakistan but not the trophy as India lift eighth title

ACC Men's Asia Cup 2023 was the first multi-country cricket competition facilitated by Pakistan since the 2008 Asia Cup, be that as it may, the competition was played in a crossover model with Sri Lanka being the joint-has.

Asia Cup 2023 was played in the ODI design, dissimilar to the T20I design last year as the competition is being played on a pivot premise to follow the configuration of the forthcoming ICC occasion.

Pakistan started their mission with a gigantic 238-run triumph over the Nepal side civility of Babar Azam's 151-run thump.

They next confronted chief opponents India, where Pakistan's speed threesome of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf shared ten wickets to bowl India out for 266.

In any case, it in a real sense spoiled their otherwise good vibes as the deluge didn't permit a solitary ball to be bowled in the subsequent innings, in this manner forsaking the match.

The two groups progressed to the Very Four phase of the Asia Cup, where Pakistan pounded Bangladesh by seven wickets in their most memorable game civility of their speed bowling drove by Haris Rauf's 4-19.

Pakistan's speed assault looked powerful in the competition and it seemed like they would at long last end their Asia Cup prize dry season this year, notwithstanding, they were halted abruptly in the following match against India.

Indian players stacked up 356-2 on the save day of the downpour affected match in Colombo, with each of the four of their hitters crossing the 50-run mark.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored half-hundreds of years, while Virat Kohli and Kl Rahul scored hundreds of years to post the mammoth aggregate.

Remarkably, Naseem Shah additionally got harmed during the match and was in this way precluded for the total of the Asia Cup as well as the ICC World Cup 2023.

Accordingly, Pakistan's batting line packaged out for a pitiful 128, civility of Kuldeep Yadav's five-fer.

The Greenshirts were expected to overcome Sri Lanka in their last Really Four match to meet all requirements for the last, where they would have confronted India once more.

Be that as it may, Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka in the last-over spine chiller, where Charith Asalanka clutched his nerves and directed his side to a two-wicket triumph.

Sri Lanka confronted India in the last with fantasies about winning consecutive Asia Cup titles, much to their dismay that their fantasies would be broken damagingly.

India bowled out Sri Lanka for 50 runs inside 16 overs, on account of Mohammed Siraj's amazing bowling figures of 6-21.

They then easily pursued the all out without losing a wicket in the seventh over, coming out on top for their eighth Asia Cup championship.

A disastrous ICC World Cup 2023 campaign for Pakistan

Pakistan cricket Squad arrived in India interestingly since ICC T20 World Cup 2016, as they continued looking briefly ODI World Cup title.

Be that as it may, the Babar Azam-drove side had an unsteady beginning as they were decreased to 38-3 against the Netherlands in their most memorable game, which they in the long run won by 68 runs.

In the following game, the Green Shirts vindicated their Asia Cup misfortune to Sri Lanka, that too extravagantly as they kept the most elevated fruitful run pursue in World Cup history, graciousness of Mohammad Rizwan's unbeaten 100 years.

Nonetheless, they lost to chief opponents India in an uneven challenge by seven wickets in the wake of packaging out for 191 before the pressed Narendra Modi Arena in Ahmedabad, expanding their Reality Cup long string of failures against India to eight matches.

After two early triumphs, Pakistan lost four matches on the run, leaving their semi-last expectations hanging off a string.

Among those four misfortunes, the most humiliating was the eight-wicket misfortune against Afghanistan in an uneven match, which was Pakistan's most memorable misfortune against the adjoining country in the ODI design.

Nonetheless, safeguarding their erratic tag, Pakistan got back in the game in the competition as they were expected to win their last three coordinates convincingly with a few different outcomes turning out well for them.

Pakistan crushed Bangladesh by seven wickets and New Zealand by 21 runs (DLS) graciousness of Fakhar Zaman's hurricane execution in both matches.

While pursuing an uneven 402 against New Zealand, Zaman kept his group in the chase during the downpour affected coordinate with an unbeaten 81-ball 126, pushing the group's all out in front of the DLS standard score, bringing about the triumph.

Pakistan currently needed to overcome the striving Britain in their last gathering coordinate with an enormous room for error to meet all requirements for the semi-last spot, be that as it may, they lost by 93 runs, in this manner finishing a horrendous World Cup crusade.

Australia proceeded to win the competition, as they crushed undefeated India in the last by six wickets.

Dawn of a new day in Pakistan cricket

In the fallout of the ICC World Cup 2023 failure, the Pakistan cricket Squad saw significant changes in group the executives as commander Babar Azam surrendered the captaincy of every one of the three organizations.

PCB gave the rules of Test captaincy to top-request player Shan Masood and T20I administration was given over to pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, in the mean time, the ODI commander will be declared later as there are no ODIs planned for what's in store.

Also, Mickey Arthur was supplanted by previous commander Mohammad Hafeez as the Group's Chief while Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz were designated bowling trainer and boss selector individually.

The old challenge for the new management

Shan Masood's most memorable task as Test commander was the three-match Test series against Australia in their patio, where Pakistan had not dominated a Test game starting around 1995.

Pakistan's terrible streak in Australia expanded further as the Green Shirts experienced a huge 360-run misfortune in the primary Test in Perth.

Pakistan's batting setup unfurled at a simple 89 in the fourth innings while pursuing a mammoth complete of 450.

Following the huge triumph in the main Test, Australia crushed Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by 79 runs as the guests skittle for 237 in the fourth innings in quest for 317 to dominate the three-game Test series 2-0.

Pakistan cricket Squad will play the third Test in Sydney from January third, 2024.

Curtains down on some of the memorable careers

The year 2023 saw a portion of the stars of the Men's Pakistan cricket Squad hanging up their boots and changing to various jobs, in particular, Sohail Tanvir, Ehsan Adil, Hammad Azam, Kamran Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Imad Wasim, and Asad Shafiq.

Prominently, aside from Hammad Azam, every one of the players referenced above have addressed Pakistan in T20I or ODI World Cup.

Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal were essential for the T20I World Cup winning Squad in 2009, while Imad Wasim assumed his part in Pakistan's victory in the ICC Champions Prize in 2017.

Wahab Riaz was at first piece of the Bosses Prize Squad yet was precluded with a physical issue after the primary match.

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