T20 World Cup semifinals: Pakistan’s road to knockouts, top run-scorers, wicket-takers, overall record in semis

PAK vs NZ, T20 World Cup: Pakistan will face New Zealand in the first semifinal of the T20 World Cup in Sydney on Wednesday.

Pakistan had a disastrous start to its campaign after losing to India and then being stunned by Zimbabwe. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES

Pakistan will take on New Zealand in the first semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2022 at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

Babar Azam’s men got a sneaky entry in the last four stage of the tournament when Netherlands stunned South Africa on Sunday, leading to Pakistan’s match against Bangladesh becoming a shoot-out for the semifinals. Pakistan won that contest by five wickets and qualified as the second-best team in the Super 12s from Group 2.

Pakistan had a disastrous start to its campaign after losing to India and then being stunned by Zimbabwe. It then found momentum and won its following three games to book a last-four spot.

PAKISTAN T20 WORLD CUP SUPER 12 RESULTS

Lost to India by four wickets - Melbourne (October 23)

Lost to Zimbabwe by one run - Perth (October 27)

Beat Netherlands by six wickets - Perth (October 30)

Beat South Africa by 33 runs (D/L method) - Sydney (November 3)

Beat Bangladesh won by five wickets - Adelaide (November 6)

PAKISTAN TOP RUN-SCORERS IN SUPER 12

Batter	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	Highest Score
Shan Masood	5	134	44.66	115.51	52*
Iftikhar Ahmed	5	114	28.50	131.03	51
Mohammad Rizwan	5	103	20.60	100.00	49

PAKISTAN TOP WICKET-TAKERS IN SUPER 12

Bowler	Matches	Wickets	Economy Rate	Average	Best
Shadab Khan	5	10	6.22	11.20	3/22
Shaheen Shah Afridi	5	8	6.21	14.75	4/22
Mohammad Wasim	4	7	6.45	10.14	4/24

PAKISTAN IN T20 WORLD CUP KNOCKOUTS

Pakistan has been one of the most consistent teams in the history of the tournament, having qualified for the last-four stage six times in eight editions. It won the 2009 title after losing to India in the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007. Pakistan failed to qualify for the semifinals only on two occassions, in 2014 and 2016.

The last time Pakistan qualified for the semis was in 2021, when it lost to Australia by five wickets in Dubai.

Year	Fixture	Opposition	Result	Venue
2007	Final	India	Lost by five runs	Johannesburg
2009	Final	Sri Lanka	Won by eight wickets	Lord's
2010	Semifinal	Australia	Lost by three wickets	Gros Islet
2012	Semifinal	Sri Lanka	Lost by 16 runs	Colombo
2021	Semifinal	Australia	Lost by five wickets	Dubai