By Admin 
ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup Super-6: In the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup 2026, the Super-6 matches will start from Sunday, January 25. Due to Pakistan’s tactics, Scotland team has been eliminated from this tournament. What happened in the match against Zimbabwe played at Takashinga Sports Club in Harare on Friday i.e. 23 January was surprising. Pakistan deliberately slowed down the pace of their run chase during this match, so that their Net Run Rate (NRR) could improve. Pakistan won this match by eight wickets and achieved the target with 181 balls remaining. With this, he qualified for the Super Six by securing second place in his group.
Why did Pakistan slow down its net run rate?
The strategy of Pakistan team to chase the target against Zimbabwe can be clearly seen. He deliberately slowed down the run chase, so that his Net Run Rate (NRR) improves. Because of Pakistan, Zimbabwe qualified, while Scotland had to be eliminated. Pakistani Under-19 team played 50 dot balls between 16th to 25th over. After the 16th over, the team captained by Farhan Yusuf had 96 runs in its account and only 27 runs were scored in the next 10 overs.
What benefit did Pakistan gain by slowing down the run chase?
The plan of the Pakistani team was that Scotland should be out of the Under-19 World Cup 2026 and Zimbabwe should qualify. The reason behind this is that the points and net run rate (NRR) of the group stage also go together in the Super-6 round, but there is a condition that for the second round, the net run rate will be added only against those teams which qualify from the group. Therefore, now only Pakistan’s figures against England and Zimbabwe will be added.