T20 World Cup 2022: Rating Batting of Super 12 teams in Week 1

The Week 1 of the much-awaited Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup 2022 got concluded on Friday (October 28). The tournament was marred by the incessant rain in a few of the matches, but some of them went down to the wire, which has kept the fans wanting more action.

In terms of batting performances, most of the teams have done well to amass a good amount of runs. The Melbourne pitch offered assistance to the pacers, while Sydney was helpful for the spinners, but the batters prevailed on most occasions with their positive intent. Here are the rating of the batting performances of Super 12 teams in the first week.

12. Pakistan - 5.5

Ahead of the tournament, the Pakistan batters had enough confidence under their belt with the T20 series victory in the New Zealand T20 Tri-series. However, they have been rather ordinary with their batting performances, which has resulted in them losing both their league matches.

The first game against India witnessed them losing the wickets of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan upfront. It was the knocks from Iftikhar Ahmed and Shan Masood which helped them to post 159 on the board. The bowlers did well, but the Indian team managed to chase down the score.

In the second game, the bowlers were proficient to restrict Zimbabwe to 130. However, the openers again failed to provide a good start. The middle order succumbed to the pressure, and then the tail-enders could not hold their nerve. They lost by one run against the Chevrons, due to the dismal performance of the batters.