2nd ODI: Pakistan beat Australia by 9 wickets
Adelaide: Pakistan defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the second match of the three ODI series.
The match between the two teams is being played at the Adelaide Oval Ground where the national team captain Muhammad Rizwan has won the toss and invited the Australian captain Pat Cummins to bat first.
In pursuit of the target in the match being played in Adelaide, Abdullah Shafiq and Saeem Ayub opened the innings for Pakistan and the national team scored 140 runs for the loss of one wicket in 22 overs, Saeem Ayub’s brilliant innings of 82 runs. Played out, his innings included 6 sixes and 5 fours.
Australia’s innings was opened by Jack Fraser and Matthew Short but both players were bowled out by Shaheen Shah Afridi at the start, Jack Fraser was caught for 13 while Matthew Short was caught lbw by Shaheen.
Australia’s third player to be dismissed was Josh Ingles, who scored 18 runs and became a victim of Haris Rauf.
Mohammad Hasnain caught Australia’s set batsman Steve Smith behind the wickets for 35 runs while star batsman Glenn Maxwell once again failed to play a big innings and was bowled by Haris Rauf for 16 runs.
All-rounder Aaron Hardy was caught out by Haris Rauf on an individual score of 13 by Rizwan, while fast bowler Mitchell Starc scored only one run and caught Rizwan off Naseem Shah’s ball, but Australian captain Pat Cummins became Haris Rauf’s fifth victim. Adam Zampa, Australia’s last wicket fell, he scored 18 runs and was bowled by Shaheen Afridi.
On behalf of Pakistan, Haris Rauf took 5 wickets, Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets, Mohammad Hasnain and Naseem Shah took one wicket each.
In the second ODI match, national captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Speaking after winning the toss in Adelaide, the captain of the national cricket team, Mohammad Rizwan, has said that no change has been made in the playing XI of Pakistan, the team from the first match has been retained.
On this occasion, Australian captain Pat Cummins said that if we had won the toss, we would have bowled first. There has been a change in the playing eleven, Josh Hazlewood has returned to the team in place of Sean Abbott.
Pakistani squad ; The national team includes captain Muhammad Rizwan, Abdullah Shafiq, Saeem Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Irfan Khan Niazi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Muhammad Hasnain.
Australian team ; The Australian squad includes captain Pat Cummins, Matthew Short, Jack Fraser, Steve Smith, Josh Ingles, Marnus Libuschen, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa.
It should be remembered that Australia has a one-nil lead in the 3-match series, in the first match, the host Kangaroos defeated the Shaheens by 2 wickets after a thrilling match. After the ODI series, 3 T20 matches between the two teams. The series is also scheduled.
Australia won the first ODI between the two teams in a thrilling contest on Monday to take a one-nil lead in the three-match series.
Apart from the ODI matches, there will also be three T20 matches between the two teams. The third ODI between Pakistan and Australia will be played on November 10.
Similarly, T20 international matches will be played between the two teams from November 14 to 18.