Pakistan defeated South Africa by 33 runs in the most important match. In the match being played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Pakistan set South Africa a target of 186 for victory, but the target and overs were reduced due to rain. Shaheen Shah Afridi gave Pakistan their first win by taking the wicket of Quentin de Kock in the first over. South Africa’s score was 16 when Riley Russo also fell victim to Shaheen Shah Afridi. On this occasion, captain Temba Bavuma (Temba Bavuma) and Aiden Markram (Aiden Markram) resisted. The two put on a partnership of 49 runs. Shadab took away the match from South Africa by dismissing both in his first over. South Africa had scored only 69 runs in 9 overs when it rained.
Pakistan defeated South Africa by 33 runs | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
When the match started after the rain, South Africa got a target of 59 runs off 24 balls. Which South Africa failed to achieve and could only score 108 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Thus, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 33 runs. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first against South Africa. Rizwan got out in the first over, he scored only 4 runs. Mohammad Haris, who came to one-down position, took a stormy approach, he scored 28 runs off 11 balls with the help of 3 sixes. Pakistan’s third wicket fell to Babar Azam, who scored just 6 runs off 15 balls. Shaan Masood was also dismissed for 43 runs.
When the match started after the rain, South Africa got a target of 59 runs off 24 balls. Which South Africa failed to achieve and could only score 108 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Thus, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 33 runs. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first against South Africa. Rizwan got out in the first over, he scored only 4 runs. Mohammad Haris, who came to one-down position, took a stormy approach, he scored 28 runs off 11 balls with the help of 3 sixes. Pakistan‘s third wicket fell in the form of Babar Azam, Anhu Muhammad Nawaz and Iftikhar Ahmed looked to support Pakistan’s batting as they put on a partnership of 52 runs to take the score to 95 runs. Nawaz was run out on a total score of 95 runs, he played an innings of 28 runs.
Shadab and Iftikhar batted in excellent style against South Africa. Iftikhar Ahmed completed his half-century in 33 balls. Shadab Khan batted extremely brilliantly and completed his fifty in 20 runs. When Shadab got out in the 10th over, Pakistan’s score was 177. The two established a partnership of 82 runs. Mohammad Wasim also got out on the next ball. On the first ball of the 20th over, Iftikhar got out trying to hit a six. He scored 51 runs. Pakistan scored 185 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Today’s match is the quarter final for both the teams. Because if South Africa wins, it will directly reach the semi-finals, while if Pakistan wins, its chances of reaching the semi-finals will remain until the last match.
In the important match against South Africa, wicketkeeper batsman Muhammad Haris was given a chance in place of Fakhar Zaman. Other players in the team include Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Wasim Jr., Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. After the victory against South Africa, Pakistan has now moved to the third position in the points table in its group. In the Super 12 stage, India is first with 6 points and South Africa is second with 5 points. After defeating South Africa, now Pakistan has 4 points. Pakistan will have to win their match against Bangladesh by a huge margin to reach the semi-finals. Apart from this, now the nation will have to pray for rain in the last match of South Africa, in which case Pakistan will reach the semi-finals.
