However, the recent setbacks caused by the cancellation of the New Zealand and England tours have put all the hard work of the PCB in recent years in vain, and Pakistan once again faces the prospect of being abandoned by the international cricket community. ,India, on the other hand, lost both their first two matches, the first by ten wickets to Pakistan and the second by eight wickets to New Zealand. Their hopes of advancing to the semi-finals are in jeopardy and will now have to rely on other results to gain a chance of advancing to the next round.