Pakistan vs South Africa T20: These days, Pakistan cricket team is on South African tour, where 3 T20, 3 ODI and 2 Test matches are to be played between the two teams. Last Tuesday, the first T20 match of both the teams took place, in which host Africa defeated Pakistan team by 11 runs. In this match played in Durban, South Africa had scored 183 runs while playing first, but in reply Pakistan could score only 172 runs in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 11 runs. The star of this match was George Linde, who along with taking 4 wickets also played an amazing innings with the bat.
When South Africa came to bat first after winning the toss, all three top order batsmen including Reeza Hendricks returned to the pavilion after the score was 28. From here David Miller worked his magic, who despite the pressure, played a stormy innings of 82 runs in 40 balls. He also hit 4 fours and 8 skyscraper sixes in this innings. Apart from him, George Linde also shone in batting, who scored 48 runs in his 24-ball innings which was studded with three fours and four sixes.
Pakistan’s embarrassment
When Pakistan team came out to chase the target of 184 runs, captain Mohammad Rizwan led the team from one end, but Babar Azam continued on the score of zero. Sam Ayyub definitely supported Rizwan for some time by playing a stormy inning of 31 runs, but immediately after the powerplay, he also returned to the pavilion. Rizwan scored 74 runs in this match. Thanks to the lethal bowling of George Linde and Quena Mafaka, Africa was successful in winning the match by 11 runs.
Pakistan’s T20 record in the year 2024 has not been very good. If we talk about this year itself, Pakistan has played 26 T20 matches so far, in which it has suffered 16 defeats against 9 wins. Recently it also had to face defeat from Zimbabwe in the T20 match. In fact, if captain Rizwan had batted with a better strike rate, the Pakistan team could have easily won this match.
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