Abu Dhabi. Pakistan has suffered a major setback before the T20 World Cup 2021. The team suffered a crushing defeat against South Africa in their second warm-up match on Wednesday. Earlier, the team had defeated West Indies by 7 wickets. Playing first against South Africa, Pakistan scored a good score of 186 runs for 6 wickets. In reply, South Africa achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in the last ball. Recy van der Dussen remained unbeaten on 101. Earlier, Team India had won both their practice matches. The team had defeated England and Australia. India and Pakistan will now clash on 24 October in a Super-12 match. Now India will have the upper hand in the match.
Chasing the target, the start of South Africa was not good. The team lost the wickets of both the opener batsmen on the score of 15 runs in the first 3 overs. Quinton de Kock 6 and Reeza Hendriggs were dismissed for 7 runs. Left-arm spin bowler Imad Wasim got both the wickets. After this, Resie van der Dussen (101 *) and captain Temba Bavuma (46) took over the team by adding 107 runs for the third wicket.
Had to score 65 runs in 5 overs
Temba Bavuma was dismissed by fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi on the last ball of the 15th over. The team had to score 65 runs to win in the last 5 overs. Dussen held the team from one end. Fast bowler Haris Rauf gave 18 runs in the 18th over. South Africa had to score 29 runs in the last 2 overs. Shahin Afridi dismissed Heinrich Klaasen (14) in the 19th over. He conceded 10 runs in the over. 19 runs were to be scored in the last over with 6 wickets remaining. Hasan Ali bowled the 20th over. Dussen hit a six off the first ball. A run was scored off the second ball. Miller hit a six on the third ball. One run was scored off the fourth ball. Dussen hit a four on the 5th ball and the score was level. Dussen gave the team victory by hitting a four on the last ball. He scored an unbeaten 101 off 51 balls. Hit 10 fours and 4 sixes. Miller remained unbeaten on 8 off 3 balls.
Fakhar Zaman played an aggressive innings
Earlier, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. Pakistan did not start well. Both the opener batsmen returned to the pavilion on the sum of 36 runs. Babar Azam scored 15 and Mohammad Rizwan scored 19 runs. Senior batsman Mohammad Hafeez was also dismissed after scoring 13 runs. Fakhar Zaman took over the team by scoring 52 runs. He faced 28 balls. Hit 2 fours and 5 sixes.
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Asif and Malik crossed 180
Fakhar Zaman retired hurt after scoring 52 runs. Shoaib Malik scored 28 off 20 balls and Asif Ali scored 32 runs in 18 balls to take the team’s score beyond 180 runs. Asif hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets for 28 runs for South Africa. Enrique Norkia and Keshav Maharaj also got one wicket each.
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