In recent ICC tournaments, the Pakistan cricket team has often found itself at the mercy of others’ results, needing a series of improbable outcomes to secure a spot in the knockout stages. But as the country hosts a major ICC tournament after almost three decades, expectations were high this time.

India thrashed Pakistan by six wickets to seal a berth in the semi-finals. Defeat always hurts, but what hurts fans in green even more is that Pakistan got knocked out of an ICC tournament they were h