Fahim Ashraf would count himself a mite unfortunate to miss out after a calm debut against Sri Lanka.
Take the second ball of the 28th over on Sunday. Ravindra Jadeja bowled to Faf du Plessis‚ who pushed to point for a non-existent single.
To wait 86 years between titles is a long time, but in de Villiers' case, the situation is even more dire.
England were content to bat first on a sunny morning, but Pakistan had memories of their win against Sri Lanka still fresh in the mind when they pulled off a frenetic run-chase against Sri Lanka when all seemed lost. "All in all, it hasn't been a good tournament for us", du Plessis said. Thereby, upping the dependence on de Villiers to fire in crunch moments, which is not too different.
"It's so hard to put all this pressure on AB and nearly blame him".
Rumman Raees bagged his first ODI wicket in the fifth over of the game as Hales came down the track lodging the ball straight towards Babar Azam at cover.
"No one said it was going to be easy, but we do come up short for some reason in tournaments like this, and it is pretty sad", he said. "We just sort of want to just get through this hurt now, because it is hurting quite bad". "I believed the same thing over here in this tournament and the last one here but that's what I believe".
Earlier, Fast bowlers Hasan Ali (3/43) and Junaid Khan (3/40) claimed three wickets each, while Mohammed Amir (2/53) and Fahim Ashraf (2/37) accounted for two wickets to help Pakistan bowl out Sri Lanka for 236 after electing to field.
One-day worldwide captain De Villiers, who will not be available for the Test series, will therefore step in for this month's Twenty20s - in charge of a 14-man squad minus several regulars and featuring one player yet to be capped in the sprint format, Dwaine Pretorius.
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"Those five overs‚ in a game like today‚ that is very‚ very big‚" Du Plessis said.
"You either settle and get through the pressure and absorb it or you don't, and we didn't".
"India dominated us in all aspects and that shouldn't happen". Niroshan Dickwella has the highest strike rate in the first ten overs of any player in this tournament since the last World Cup (min 5 innings).
Kohli felt the self-inflicted dismissals of De Villiers and Miller - with Imran Tahir also run out to conclude the innings - contributed heavily to India's crushing win. "And then we just unraveled as a side out there".
Why should he keep on captaining SA?
"Because I'm a good captain‚" De Villiers said.
India finally banished those ghosts of 1996 a good fifteen years into the future, when Tendulkar was still as good a batsman, but did not have the same imperishable aura that is often counterproductive to a team's cause.
"I can take us to win a World Cup‚ I believe".
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