South Africa In a crucial match of the ODI World Cup on Friday, Tabreez Shamsi and Aiden Markram’s fine performances almost knocked Pakistan out of the mega event by one wicket.
For Pakistan The mega event Today’s success was very important.
In the match played at Chennai’s Chidambaram Stadium, Pakistan won the toss and batted first, but the entire Pakistan team was bowled out for 270 in the 47th over due to the four wickets of left-arm spinner Tabriz Shamsi.
Pakistan lost two wickets in the beginning. Opener Abdullah Shafiq scored nine runs and was caught out by Langi Angidi off Janson. After that, Imam-ul-Haq scored 12 runs and was dismissed off the ball of Marco Jansson.
Later, Babar and Rizwan Ahmed took control of the innings and took the score to 83 runs, but in the meantime, Rizwan was dismissed for 31 runs while trying to play a rising ball.
Three Pakistan batsmen were dismissed after being set. Saud Shakeel scored 52 runs, captain Babar Azam scored 50 runs and Shadab Khan scored 43 runs but they failed to play a long innings.
Saud and Shadab added an important partnership of 84 runs. Shadab scored 119, while Saud scored at a strike rate of 100.
Babar scored a half century but he played 65 balls for it and his strike rate was 77.
Iftikhar Ahmed scored 21 runs while Mohammad Nawaz scored 24 runs. Today, Rizwan and Markram also completed their two thousand runs in ODI career.
When the South African opener, who has scored at least 380 runs three times in five World Cup matches, came into the field, he was expected to easily achieve the target of 271 runs.
However, Quinton de Kock, who scored an excellent 174 runs off 140 balls against Bangladesh, could not go against Pakistan.
He again adopted an aggressive style today and scored 24 runs by hitting five fours off 14 balls when he was caught out by Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Captain Temba Bauma fell victim to Mohammad Wasim in the 10th over. He scored only 28 runs. In 19 overs, Reese Van Dar Deusen was bowled lbw by Osama Mir in the 19th over.
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After South Africa lost four wickets for 136 runs, it looked like Pakistan was getting back into the match, but Aiden Markram and David Miller stopped the series of wickets falling and formed a good partnership.
Both took the score to 206 in 33 overs. Miller took a cautious approach in this partnership and scored 29 runs off 33 balls.
Babar bowled to Shaheen Afridi to break the partnership, who successfully caught Miller out.
At the other end, Markram continued to run the score but his dismissal in the 41st over gave Pakistan their seventh win.
Markram scored a responsible 91 off 93 balls. His innings included three sixes and seven fours.
The game became interesting in the last overs as South African wickets kept falling. At one point, South Africa were nine wickets down and needed 15 runs.
However, Keshav Maharaj ensured his team’s victory. Among Pakistani bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi took three wickets while Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Asami Mir took two wickets each.
Pakistan has three matches remaining in the World Cup against Bangladesh, New Zealand and England.
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2024-09-29 11:19:18
