Pakistan chase history and huge Aussie total in Bangalore

Pakistan recorded the highest successful chase at the World Cup to beat Sri Lanka and will have to do it again if they hope to beat Australia at the M. Chinnaswamy Satdium in Bangalore on Friday.

The Green Shirts claimed the record on October 10 at Hyderabad when they successful chased down 345 runs.

The target this time is a daunting 368 as Shaheen Afridi clinched 5 wickets while Haris Rauf took 3 wickets to keep the Australian batters under leash in the final 15 overs.

And they were giving it a good shot despite losing three precious wickets to reach 200 at the end of the 30th over with Mohammed Rizwan and Saud Shakeel at the crease.

Pakistan still required 165 runs to win from 19.3 overs with 7 wickets remaining

Earlier, when Usama Mir grassed a dolly catch off David Warner he kept up Pakistan's unwanted tradition of dropping catches against Australia.

Warner miscued a lofted shot off pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi in the fifth over but the ball sneaked through the hands of a confused Mir at mid-on.

Warner, 10 at the time, punished Pakistan by cracking his 21st ODI century, fifth in all World Cup matches, and went on to score 163 in a total of 367-9.

Warner's drop continued Pakistan's sloppiness in crucial Australia matches, starting at the 2015 World Cup.

In the quarter-final at Adelaide, Pakistan were defending a paltry 214-run target.

Pakistan 200 for 3 wickets in 30 overs.