World Cup 2015 Highlights of the Group stage matches

10. Pakistan’s Resurgence and QF qualification

Pakistan’s start to the World Cup could not have been any sadder than losing to India in the first match and then being humiliated by West Indies after being 1/4 in first 4 overs. The only person to be brave in the whole scenario was Misbah-ul-Haq who fought like a lone soldier. They also have managed to qualify for the QFs after defeating Ireland in a very crunch match by 7 wickets. Sarfraz Ahmed was the hero making 101*.

But somewhere Pakistan got their mojo back and they defeated South Africa in a cracker of a match, winning in the last over despite a master class 77 from AB de Villiers and then fighting off some strong resistance from Zimbabwe to win another pressure cooker of a match thanks to Wahab Riaz. Misbah and Wahab have been instrumental in Pakistan coming back from the brink of getting eliminated from the group stages.