Pakistan suffered a humiliating defeat against India on 23rd Feb 2025, Sunday, nearly eliminating themselves out the tournament. The hosts faced team India in Dubai and Pakistan's captain Rizwan opted to bat first after winning the toss. The decision turned out to be a blunder after the fall of two early wickets of Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq. However, an extremely slow innings by Rizwan, and a gutsy knock by Saud Shakeel brought Pakistan in a position from where they could have capitalized the innings. Unfortunately, Indian bowlers scalped both the set batters ahead of the start of slog overs. Khushdil Shah's cameo and a few late hits from Haris Rauf helped Pakistan reach 241, giving their bowlers something to fight for. Indian openers Rohit Sharma (20) and Shubman Gill started aggressively before Shaheen rattled Rohit's stumps with an unplayable yorker. However, Gill and Kohli stood tall, adding 69 runs for the second wicket before Abrar castled Gill (46). Shreyas Iyer (56) and Virat Kohli’s partnership took the game completely away from Pakistan as the duo added 114 runs off 128 balls. Kohli, who was expected to regain his form against the arch-rivals, ended the game with a four, reaching 100* in 111 balls. Also Read | Rohit Sharma crosses 9000 ODI runs, sets record as opener How Can Pakistan Qualify for the Semi-Finals? With this win, India is almost into the semi-finals, while Pakistan is nearly out of the tournament with two defeats in two matches. However, Pakistan still have a slim chance of making it to the semis, but how? Let's find out. Pakistan have lost both of their matches and are placed at the bottom of the table with an NRR of -1.087. To qualify for the semi-finals, Pakistan will want Bangladesh to beat New Zealand in the sixth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. For Pakistan to qualify, Bangladesh must convincingly beat New Zealand, followed by Pakistan defeating Bangladesh by a huge margin, and India beating New Zealand with a decent margin. If this happens, both Pakistan and New Zealand will have one win each and qualification will be based on the NRR. However, this seems almost impossible as the Micthell Santner-led New Zealand is in great form, and them losing both of their upcoming matches is highly unlikely. But as we say, cricket is a game of uncertainty, and Pakistan team and fans will hope of the uncertain to happen.