Babar Azam hit his 10th ODI century to guide Pakistan beat New Zealand by 6 wickets at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday.
Not to forget the contribution of Haris Soha𒁏il who stitched a glorious 126-run stand with Babar.
Earlier, New Ze🔯aland posted a competitive 237/6 on the scoreboard. Neesham scored an unbeaten 97 and Colin de Grandhomme chipped in with 🐲a handy 64. Shaheen Afridi was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan as he ended with his best figures (3/28) in the ongoing World Cup.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Brilliant batting by Babar Azam and Haris Sohail, special win for Pakistan. Babars batting through the innings has made all the difference. The talent of Hཧaris Sohail, his shot making is pure class. Pakistan are back in this World cup! 🇵🇰💪🏼🏆
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial)
Match winning inning from Babar Azam. Brilliant display of talent by Haris Sohail. What a class act he is turning out to be.
Shaheen Afridi bowled with pace & aggression.
Pakistan Zindabad. One step closer to th𒁏e dream.— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
Fairytale it is for Pakistan. Fantasti𝕴c win. Excellent innings from Babar, great maturity
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Pakistan 🇵🇰 keep the dream alive!
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive)
Classy 100 by … magical matey! 👊🏻👏😎 hot to trot from last two matches 🔥👍
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
Babar Azam, brilliance. Wanted to make runs under pressure, he delivered, doesn't get tougher than chasing in a world cup fixture with your team fighting to stay alive in the competition.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg)
Well played Babarܫ Azam. Wonderful player, wonderful knock and most importantly he was there till the end. He keeps pla📖ying like this, soon it could be fab 5.
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Pak൲istan 🇵🇰 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Babar 💯 all class👏🏻��🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23)
This is what you call a Proper run Chase on a tricky wicket … Outstanding application & mentality from Pakistan … !! The other Pakistan are starting to look very very dangerous … … What an atmosphere as well !!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
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Perfect day at the🎐 office team Pakistan . All bowlers contributing special spell by . Pure class and . 👏👏��
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt)
Babar Azam (101*) guides Pakistan to a much-needed win!ꦬ
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Nice. So, Pakistan will now be knocked out by ei💯ther Afghanistan or Bangladesh.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar)
Pakistan win the match number 7 with five balls remaining. They won the game 7 with five balls remaining in WC 🔴1992 too. This is getting unbelievable!!
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
Congratulations! Well played , Performed really 🐠well in last two games, lets carry this energy on. Babar Azam & Harris Shoail pla♏yed incredibly well.
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal)
What a player this Babar Azam is. Still coming of age and already, by some distance, Pakistan's best batsman. And the selection of Haris Sohail is a game-changer.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Carrying his bat through..Wow he✤’s played a few gems but in terms of impor♍tance this ranks right up there!
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial)
Now THIS Pakistan team is real dangerous
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)