Is Pakistan repeating 1992 Cricket World Cup history?

The green shirts have so far won two and lost three matches along with a match with no result, which is the same journey they took in the 1992 World Cup.

After a comfortable win by Pakistan against South Africa, cricket pundits and fans are wondering if it is a mere coincidence or if the Shaheens are flying the same path to the glory which they were on twenty seven years ago.

Following are some facts that make it hard to believe how a team is going through something so similar.

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Pakistan's 1992 vs 2019 World Cup performance so far

Pakistan,

• started poorly, winning only the first of the five initial pool matches.
• lost their first match to West Indies, won the 2^nd, washed out 3^rd match, lost the 4^th and 5^th matches and then won the sixth one.
• will play the next match against New Zealand. The Kiwis were unbeaten in 1992 and so far it is the same situation this year

Matches	1992 World Cup	2019 World Cup
Match 1	Lost	Lost
Match 2	Won	Won
Match 3	N/R (no result)	N/R (no result)
Match 4	Lost	Lost
Match 5	Lost	Lost
Match 6	Won	Won
Match 7	Won
Match 8	Won
Match 9 (Semi-final ‘92)	Won
Match 10 (Final ‘92)	Won	(Semi - Final)
Match 11 (2019)		(Final)

Some don't agree.

However, compared to the 1992 Cricket World Cup, there are ten teams playing in the 2019 World Cup. Also, instead of Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are part of the tournament. Pakistan will be playing both the teams later on in the tournament.

Pakistan will play Afghanistan on 29^th June and later with Bangladesh on 5^th July 2019.