<p class="title">Pakistan fans mocked their cricket team's underwhelming performance on social media after Sarfaraz Ahmed's men suffered an 89-run defeat against arch-rivals India at the Cricket World Cup on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While India extended their perfect record over their neighbours in the 50-over World Cup to 7-0, fans across Pakistan turned to the internet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One widely circulated meme captioned "Indian captain vs Pakistani captain", showed Indian skipper Virat Kohli doing deadlifts at the gym while his Pakistani counterpart Sarfaraz danced in a candy commercial.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The only thing that keeps me sane is Pakistani Twitter's meme game," cricket journalist Hassan Cheema said on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We don't need any domestic (cricket) structure, nor any development, just the ability to laugh at ourselves."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fans who had gathered at a local park to watch the game on a large screen in Islamabad began leaving halfway through Pakistan's innings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everybody is really disappointed I think we were not well prepared," cricket fan Mohammad Aurangzeb said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cricket matches between the two countries are among the most intense rivalries in global sport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The nuclear-armed neighbours have gone to war three times since independence in the mid-20th century - and another conflict nearly erupted earlier this year, giving an even spicier-than-usual geopolitical backdrop to Sunday's contest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan boasts a superior head-to-head record against India in one-day internationals overall but Kohli's team has dominated the most recent encounters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No one should be allowed to call it a rivalry anymore," cricket writer Ahmer Naqvi tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another image doing the rounds on Twitter showed Sarfaraz yawning on the field during the match - and the picture superimposed on to a pillow on a bed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"How do you win when your captain has a plan to go to bed and have a better sleep instead of winning the match," one Twitter user wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The defeat left Pakistan ninth in the 10-team standings with just three points from five matches. Their only win at the tournament was against hosts England while their match against Sri Lanka was washed out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan must win all four of their remaining group games to have any chance of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. They face South Africa at Lord's on Sunday before taking on New Zealand, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.</p>
<p class="title">Pakistan fans mocked their cricket team's underwhelming performance on social media after Sarfaraz Ahmed's men suffered an 89-run defeat against arch-rivals India at the Cricket World Cup on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While India extended their perfect record over their neighbours in the 50-over World Cup to 7-0, fans across Pakistan turned to the internet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">One widely circulated meme captioned "Indian captain vs Pakistani captain", showed Indian skipper Virat Kohli doing deadlifts at the gym while his Pakistani counterpart Sarfaraz danced in a candy commercial.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The only thing that keeps me sane is Pakistani Twitter's meme game," cricket journalist Hassan Cheema said on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We don't need any domestic (cricket) structure, nor any development, just the ability to laugh at ourselves."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fans who had gathered at a local park to watch the game on a large screen in Islamabad began leaving halfway through Pakistan's innings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Everybody is really disappointed I think we were not well prepared," cricket fan Mohammad Aurangzeb said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cricket matches between the two countries are among the most intense rivalries in global sport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The nuclear-armed neighbours have gone to war three times since independence in the mid-20th century - and another conflict nearly erupted earlier this year, giving an even spicier-than-usual geopolitical backdrop to Sunday's contest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan boasts a superior head-to-head record against India in one-day internationals overall but Kohli's team has dominated the most recent encounters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No one should be allowed to call it a rivalry anymore," cricket writer Ahmer Naqvi tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another image doing the rounds on Twitter showed Sarfaraz yawning on the field during the match - and the picture superimposed on to a pillow on a bed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"How do you win when your captain has a plan to go to bed and have a better sleep instead of winning the match," one Twitter user wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The defeat left Pakistan ninth in the 10-team standings with just three points from five matches. Their only win at the tournament was against hosts England while their match against Sri Lanka was washed out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan must win all four of their remaining group games to have any chance of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. They face South Africa at Lord's on Sunday before taking on New Zealand, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.</p>