Who is this 21 year old ‘Pakistani’, who gave PAK a chance to reach the semi-finals by winning over England

Colombo. R. in the T20 World Cup Super-8 between England and New Zealand on Friday. An exciting match was played at Premadasa Stadium. To keep alive the hopes of Pakistan cricket team of reaching the semi-finals, it was necessary that England should win this match and the same happened. England won this match by 4 wickets. This victory of England has given Pakistan another chance to make it to the semi-finals. Pakistani origin player Rehan Ahmed played a big role in this victory of England. Rehan came to bat at number eight. At that time England needed 43 runs in 19 balls to win against New Zealand. Will Jacques was already present at the crease. Jax bats well, but Rehan is a bowler, so it was expected from him that he would support Jax.

Instead of providing support, Rehan started attacking the opposition bowlers as soon as he entered the crease. Rehan scored unbeaten 19 runs in just 7 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 1 four and gave England victory 3 balls earlier. This victory made England as well as Pakistan cricket team and their millions of fans happy. Rehan also did wonders in bowling and took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 3 overs.

Who is Rehan Ahmed?
Rehan, of Pakistani origin, did what the players of Pakistan cricket team had to do to reach the semi-finals. 21 year old Rehan Ahmed was born in England, but he belongs to Pakistan. Rehan’s father Naeem Ahmed was born in Mirpur, Pakistan. Naeem was also a cricketer. For a better life for his family, he moved to England in 2001, and Naeem’s family, who started working as a taxi driver, has now settled in England. Rehan made his debut for Pakistan in 2022. He has debuted for the team in all three formats. Rehan has played 5 Tests, 9 ODIs and 13 T20s.

What will Pakistan have to do to reach the semi-finals?
England has qualified for the semi-finals from Group 2 by winning all three matches of Super-8 with 6 points, while Sri Lanka is out. Pakistan and New Zealand still have a chance to reach the semi-finals. If we look at Pakistan’s Super-8 journey, it got 1 point from the rain-washed match against New Zealand, while it had to face defeat against England. Pakistan has 1 point from 2 matches and the run rate is -0.461.

In the match against Sri Lanka, Pakistan will not only have to win but will also have to improve its run rate compared to New Zealand, only then it can go to the semi-finals. With a win over Sri Lanka, Pakistan will get 2 points and will be equal to 3 points with New Zealand, but to be better than New Zealand’s run rate, Pakistan will have to either win against Sri Lanka by 64 runs or achieve any target in 13.1 overs. A win from any one of these two equations can take Pakistan to the semi-finals. In case of a normal win or rain, New Zealand will qualify for the semi-finals.