PAK –140-6 (19)

Player of the Match – Babar Azam

Pakistan vs South Africa played a 3-match T20I series, both teams stand at 1-1 before this match. Pakistan won the final battle at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 1 November.

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl first. Shaheen came to the team and showed his flair in 1st over, back-to-back on 2nd and 3rd balls. De Kock and Lhuan-dre Pretorious got out on a duck. Brevis and Reeza built a partnership, but the scoring rate was slow. Brevis got out in an attempt to increase the run rate. 

Donovan Ferreira scored some quick runs and got out to Faheem Ashraf. On the next ball, George Linde got out on duck. Corbin Bosch saved the team from getting all out and scored 30 runs. Shaheen took 3 wickets, and Faheem and Usman picked up 2 wickets each. Nawaz and Salman picked up 1 wicket each. South Africa posted a total of 139 runs.

Saim Ayub got out on a duck. Sahibzada also got out after scoring 19 runs. Babar and Captain Salman Ali Agha built a partnership. Took Pakistan to the safer side in the run chase. Salman Agha scored 33 runs and got out on William’s ball. In the next over, Babar also got out to Corbin Bosch. At that time, Pakistan needed 15 runs in 22 balls, but somehow they still managed to lose 2 more wickets.

PAK – 112-1 (13.1)

Player of the Match – Salman Mirza 

Pakistan vs South Africa 3-match T20 series at 1-1. The 2nd T20i was played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on October 31.

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl first. Salman Mirza came on for the first over, in place of Shaheen, due to workload management. Salman bowled out Reeza Hendricks on the 2nd ball of the over. In the second over, Nasheem Shah took the wicket of De Kock.

Salman Mirza took the wicket of Tony de Zorzi in his second over. Salman Agha captained on point in this match; he gave back-to-back three overs to Salmaan. In his third over, he bowled Matthew Breetzke. Dewald Brevis tried to fight back, but in the 7th over, Faheem Ashraf took his wicket. Faheem bowled Ferreira in the 10th over and George Linde in the 12th over.

Salmaan Mirza took 3 wickets, and Famheem Ashraf took 4 wickets. Nasheem Shah picked up 2 wickets. Abar picked 1 wicket. South Africa was bowled out for 110 runs in 19.2 overs.

Pakistan’s start was good. Pakistan scored 49 in the power play without losing a wicket. In the 7th over, Brevis dropped a catch of Saim Ayub, which later cost them the match. On the next ball, Corbin Bosch took the wicket of Shahibzada Farhan. Shahibzada scored 28 runs. Saim Ayub scored 71 runs, and Babar Azam scored 11 runs. Pakistan got an easy win with 9 wickets in 13 overs.