Haris Rauf gets hammered by Australian openers, bowls third most expensive over by Pakistan bowler

Australia's opener batsmen David Warner and Mitchell Marsh made a stellar start against Pakistan in the 18th match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Both the batsmen opened their hands against the Pakistani pace bowlers from the very first over. Especially in Haris Rauf's over. Rauf, who is considered to be the best bowler of Pakistan, got hit in the very first over of this match. He gave away 24 runs in his very first over.

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Haris Rauf came to bowl the 9th over for Pakistan. He started giving runs as soon as he came. Warner hit Rauf for a brilliant four on the first ball. After this a six on fine leg. Warner gave strike to Mitchell Marsh after scoring 10 runs. The fourth ball went wide. While bowling again, Marsh hit a four to Rauf. Mitchell Marsh hit a brilliant four on the fifth and sixth balls also. In this way, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh scored a total of 24 runs from Haris Rauf's over.

Moreover, this was the third most expensive over by a Pakistan bowler in the ODI World Cup, only behind Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar. Both Razzaq and Akhtar put their name on the unfortunate list in the 2011 edition of the tournament. Razzaq was hit for 30 runs against New Zealand, while Shoaib was hit for 28 runs in the same game.

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Haris Rauf has played 3 matches in this World Cup so far. During this period he has been able to take only 5 wickets. Haris Rauf has bowled a total of 28 overs so far in this tournament. In which he has given 168 runs. His best is 3 wickets. Haris Rauf not being in rhythm is a danger sign for Pakistan. This may create problems for them in the future in the tournament.