After losing their third of the five matches played in the ongoing World Cup, Pakistan’s chances of making it to the semi-finals seem bleak, admits Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Pakistan lost to India by 89 runs by DLS method in their crucial World Cup tie at the Old Trafford on Sunday in a rain-hit game.

They now have just three points from five games and are languishing at the second-last spot of the table, just above Afghanistan.

In order to make it to the semi-finals, the 1992 champions need to win all their remaining four matches and rely on their luck.

However, Sarfaraz is still hopeful that Pakistan can make a comeback and win all their remaining games against South Africa (June 23), New Zealand (June 26), Afghanistan (June 29) and Bangladesh (July 5).

“It is definitely getting tougher and tougher but we have four matches and hopefully we’ll win all four of them,” said Sarfaraz at the post-match presentation ceremony on Sunday here in Manchester.

Putting India to bat, Pakistan failed to restrict their arch-rivals to a modest total and outpoured 336 runs. Their bowlers were not up to the mark, barring Mohammed Amir who scalped three for 47.

Rohit Sharma was the star performer for India as he scored 140 runs off 113 balls and bagged the Player of the Match award. The vice-skipper was followed by skipper Virat Kohli who scored a handsome 77 off 65 balls.

“We won a good toss but unfortunately we didn’t bowl in the right areas, Credit goes to Rohit, he played really well. Our plan was to pitch it up but we didn’t hit the right areas. We won a good toss but we just didn’t capitalize and conceded too many runs,” said the Pakistan skipper.

During their chase of 337, Pakistan lost their opener Imam-ul-Haq (7) cheaply. However, Fakhar Zaman (62) and Babar Azam (48) stitched together a 104-run partnership and kept them in the hunt. But the wickets kept falling at regular intervals after this and an increasing required run rate submerged the Green ship.

“We were going really well with the bat as well, but we lost two-three quick wickets in the middle which is when we lost the match,” Sarfaraz said.