Top 10 Matches Pakistan Cricket Team Lost By 1 or 2 Runs

The Pakistan cricket team has been a great performer and competitor for many years. The team is also known as the ‘Shaheens’, ‘Green Shirts ‘, ‘Men in Green’ and the ‘Cornered Tigers’, and is said to be administered by the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board). With plenty of extraordinary players by their side, the team has till now played around 945 ODIs, and achieved victory in 498 matches. Moreover, the team has also played around 214 T20 Internationals, and managed to win 131 matches among those matches.

According to reports, Pakistan was the champion of 1992 World Cup, and was also declared the runner-up in the tournament of 1999. Moreover, the team is said to achieve each of the major ICC International Cricket tournaments: ICC Cricket World Cup (1992), ICC T20 World Cup (2009) and ICC Champions Trophy (2017). Perhaps, the team also became the fourth one to lift the mace at the ICC Test Championship in the year of 2016. As both winning and losing are considered as two sides of the same coin. In the similar manner, there were instances when the team failed to achieve victory or win the title with a margin of very less runs.

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Here’s a list of some of the matches, where the ‘Shaheens’ lost the competition with a margin of 1 or 2 runs:

Match 1: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe- Pakistan lost by 1 Run – Played on 27 October 2022 (T20)
Match 2: Pakistan vs India- Pakistan lost by 1 Run- Played on 23 October 2022 (T20)
Match 3: Pakistan vs England- Pakistan lost by 1 Run- Played on 30 September 2022 (T20)
Match 4: Pakistan vs England- Pakistan lost by 1 Run- Played on 13 July 2021 (ODI)
Match 5: Pakistan vs England- Pakistan lost by 1 Run- Played on 8 July 2021 (ODI)
Match 6: Pakistan vs South Africa- Pakistan lost by 1 Run- Played on 12 April 2021 (T20)
Match 7: Pakistan vs Australia- Pakistan lost by 1 Run- Played on 13 February 2021 (T20)
Match 8: Pakistan vs India- Pakistan lost by 2 Runs- Played on 19 September 2018 (ODI)
Match 9: Pakistan vs New Zealand- Pakistan lost by 1 Run- Played on 22 January 2018 (T20)
Match 10: Pakistan vs Bangladesh- Pakistan lost by 2 Runs- Played on 2 March 2016 (T20)

However, there are more interesting and astonishing matches where the ‘Men in Green’, even after showcasing their potential, somehow failed to register victory. By far, the team of Pakistan has always been a tough competitor who always managed to come up with an exciting match for their fans and supporters.

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