Pakistan won by 4 wickets, Rizwan's half-century.
Johannesburg (News Hub update sports news) Pakistan defeated South Africa by 4 wickets
in the first match of the T20 match series. In pursuit of the 189-run target by the South African
team, openers Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam provided 41 runs. Mohammad Rizwan and
Fakhr Zaman put on a 45-run partnership, with Fakhr Zaman scoring 27 off the last ball of the
10th over of the innings.
Mohammad Hafeez could not make his 100th match memorable and gave the wicket to
Tabriz, Shamsi scored only 13 runs while Haider Ali's innings was also limited to 14 runs.
Mohammad Nawaz returned to the pavilion without scoring any run on the first ball. But
Rizwan did not give up and took the responsibility of taking the team to the threshold of victory
along with Faheem Ashraf by scoring a half-century.
Rizwan and Faheem Ashraf put on an
impressive 48-run stand.
The partnership ended when Faheem Ashraf became the wicket of Lizard Williams after
30 off 14 balls. The Pakistani team reached the target one ball earlier and won by 4 wickets.
With the victory in this match, the Pakistani team also took a 1-0 lead in the series. Earlier,
the South African openers gave their team a great start in the first three overs, Shaheen Afridi
gave 25 runs in the first two overs.
However, in the fourth over, Muhammad Nawaz dismissed
the opening batsman Malan. Milan was bowled out for 24 off 16 balls.
Hassan Ali sent the second-ranked batsman Lobe to the pavilion in the fifth over. Lobe was
dismissed for four runs. Opening batsman Markram was dismissed for 51 off 32 balls. He was
also dismissed by Muhammad Nawaz. Markram hit eight fours and a six in his innings.
Klaassen scored a half-century and formed a 61-run partnership with Pat Van Baljun, who
became Hassan's wicket with 50 off 28 balls with two fours and four sixes.
In 16 overs, South Africa had scored 159 runs for the loss of 3 wickets, and it seemed that
they would easily score more than 200 runs, but in the final overs, Pakistani bowlers bowled
well and mixed the South African team in the dust. Fours and sixes in the last over of the
innings helped the South African team to score 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Earlier, in
the first T20 match of the series in Johannesburg, South Africa decided to test the first batsmen
by winning the toss.
The highlight of today's match is that all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez is playing the 100th
T20 International match of his career.
South Africa has made three players' debut in the first
match against Pakistan. South Africa does not have the services of key players in this T20 series
as their key players have gone to participate in the Indian Premier League while some players are
suffering from injuries.
The Pakistan team for the match consists of Babar Azam (captain), Fakhr Zaman, Hassan Ali,
Haider Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz,
Fahim Ashraf, Usman Qadir, and Haris Rauf. While in the South African team Henry Klaassen
(Captain), Jenman Milan, Pat van Bulgin, Aiden Mercrum, Cesanda Magala, Vihan Lobe, George
Linde, Bjorn Hendricks, Andal Falkayou, Lizard Williams, and Tabriz Shamsi.
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