With a convincing win against UAE, West Indies has placed itself at number 3rd on the points table with a Net Run Rate of -0.053. Pakistan is on 4rth position with NRR -0.194 and Ireland at 5th at -1.014. West Indies has a win win situation no matter who wins the match between Pakistan and Ireland.
Pakistan was able to restrict Ireland to 237 in 50 overs. Now, if Pakistan is to qualify for the quarterfinals without winning this match, they’ll have to make sure they maintain a fast run rate.
Scenario 1
Pakistan winning the match would mean both Pakitan and West Indies will qualify for the quarterfinals
Scenario 2
In case Ireland wins this match, the Net Run Rate of Pakistan and West Indies will determine which team would go ahead to the quarterfinals.
Hypothetically speaking, if Pakistan gets all out on 200 runs, they will have to make sure they get to this score in 35 overs. This way they will have a NRR of -0.037 beating West Indies by a fraction.
However, if it took Pakistan more than 35 overs to reach 200, then they better win the match otherwise West Indies will easily qualify based on their NRR.