The Pakistani team achieved the target of 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, Pakistan wins the T20 series against South Africa, News Hub.
Lahore (News Hub update) In the decisive match of the three-match T20 series, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 4 wickets to win the series 1-2. Pakistan won the toss and elected to
field first. The first wicket for Pakistan was taken by Muhammad Nawaz who clean bowled South Africa's
batsman Hendricks with a beautiful ball.
South Africa's second wicket went to Mohammad Nawaz when Babar Azam caught Smith on
Mohammad Nawaz's ball. The third wicket went to Hassan Ali, who has hit three fours off three
consecutive balls since Proteas batsman Van Bill June and the fourth.
Celebrated enthusiastically by
taking a wicket on the ball. Debutant Zahid Mehmood made his
debut in international cricket and took
two wickets in a row in the first over. Zahid Mehmood
dismissed Janeman Milan who scored 27 runs
and dismissed Klaassen on the next ball. Usman Qadir, who returned to the pavilion without scoring a
run, bowled Philquio who returned to the pavilion without scoring a run. Pretoria became the third victim
of Zahid Mahmood to score 9 runs.
Aggressive batsman David Miller, who was present at the other end, batted responsibly and teamed up
with the tail-enders to take the team to a total of 164 runs.
Miller played unbeaten innings of 85 off 45 balls with the help of 5 fours and 7 sixes. He scored 25 runs in the last over of Faheem Ashraf.
Debuting for Pakistan, Zahid Mohammad took 3 wickets while Mohammad Nawaz and Usman Qadir
took 2 wickets each.
In reply to South Africa's target of 165, the
Pakistani team started batting, then Tabriz Shamsi took the
first wicket and bowled Haider Ali clean for 15. Muhammad Rizwan also scored 42 runs and LBW out.
The third wicket from South Africa also went to Tabriz Shamsi who showed Talat the way to the pavilion with only 5 scores. Captain Babar Azam scored 44 runs and was bowled cleanly by Pertores. Asif Ali could not perform
well and scored 7 runs and was bowled by Tabriz Shamsi. Faheem Ashraf scored 10 runs and was
caught by Fortin. Ali scored 20 and Mohammad Nawaz (scored18) remained unbeaten and led their
team to victory.
From South Africa, Tabriz Shamsi bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets for 25 runs in four overs.
Captain
Babar Azam showed very poor captaincy and did not get the remaining 2 of Muhammad Nawaz
and one over of Usman Qadir. On this occasion, captain Babar Azam said that he would try to get the
South African team out on the lowest score. It should be noted that three changes have been made in
the Pakistan squad for the third T20 match. Khush Dil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, and Haris Rauf have been
dropped from the squad for a match while Hassan Ali, Zahid Mahmood, and Asif Ali have been
included in the national team. Before the start of the game, Waqar Younis gave the T20 cap to Zahid Mahmood. It should be noted that the three-match series is at the end.
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