Match Details
From Tabraiz Shamsi to Lungi Ngidi and from Anrich Nortje to Wayne Parnell, all of them were taken away for a tour around the park. The rain had arrived ahead of the last two overs and the fielders found it difficult to catch the ball in the air. Some late wickets were extracted by the Proteas bowlers and they ended up offering 185 runs to Pakistan at the end of 20 overs. Anrich Nortje starred with 4 wickets and all other bowlers could bag a solitary. For Pakistan, both Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed notched up a vital half-century.
Coming for the chase, South Africa lost Quinton de Kock for a duck 🦆 and Rilee Rossow for 7 of 6 balls. Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram played some gracious shots against the pacers and were finding the boundaries on regular basis. Soon, Shadab Khan was introduced after the 7th over and he sent back both the set batters, Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram within the first three balls of his first over. The rain interrupted and South Africa was on 69-4 after 9 overs.
With the match curtailed to 14 overs per side, South Africa needed 73 runs from 5 overs. Heinrich Klaasen and Tristan Stubbs had no other options except to go all out against the Pakistan attack. The risk was always there when playing the big shots and Heinrich Klaasen found himself in despair due to it. On the back of some sensational slog over bowling, Pakistan have managed to pull the ball in their court. Mohammed Wasim Jr and Naseem Shah were tremendous in the 12th and 13th over, scalping important wickets, and the latter fetched five dot balls on trot. South Africa crumbled to 108 runs and lost 9 wickets at the end of 14 overs. Henceforth, Pakistan emerged victorious by a margin of 33 runs (DLS method).
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