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NOTTINGHAM – Pakistan, the winners of the 2017 edition of the Champions Trophy in England, were bowled out in their first match of the ongoing ODI World Cup in England at the same score as the current exchange rate between the Pakistani currency and the US dollar.
Having been put into bat in the second match of the World Cup at Trent Bridge, none of the Pakistani batsmen were able to score more than 22, as the entire team was bowled out for 105 against the West Indies.
105 is the exact value that the Pakistani rupee had against the US dollar almost throughout 2017, after its plunge began in December that year.
Economo-cricket experts have called Pakistan’s batting performance an awareness campaign for the deteriorating financial situation in the country.
Observers have further noted that after having created awareness with regards to how much the currency has deteriorated over the past two years, the team needs to acknowledge how much it has deteriorated over the same period as well.
“Having scored the dollar rate of 2017, they need individuals to score the current dollar rate and the team to score over twice as many to have any chance at the World Cup,” noted Murtaza Bashir of Topline Securities.
