First T20: Australia beat Pakistan by 29 runs

First T20: Australia beat Pakistan by 29 runs

 (Asghar Ali Mubarak)

Australia beat Pakistan by 29 runs in the first T20 International. Pakistan captain Muhammad Rizwan won the toss and decided to field first in the rain-affected 7 overs per innings match, which did not prove correct.

In response, the Pakistan team could score only 64 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted overs.

On behalf of Pakistan, the national team captain Muhammad Rizwan and Sahibzada Farhan started the innings, but after hitting fours on the first two balls of the first over, Sahibzada Farhan fell victim to the fast bowler Spencer Johnson, he was dismissed for 8 runs. Second over.

Captain Muhammad Rizwan got out without scoring any runs on the second ball, after that the star batsmen Babar Azam and Usman Khan could not bat for a long time and both players were out.

Returning to the pavilion after scoring 3 and 4 runs, Babar Azam fell prey to Nathan Ellis and Usman Khan to Xavier Bartlett, thus half the Pakistan team was bowled out for just 16 runs.

In front of the destructive bowling of Nathan Ellis and Xavier Bartlett, the Pakistani team saw a wall of sand and wickets continued to fall intermittently, Salman Agha 4, Irfan Khan Safar, Haseebullah Khan could score 12 runs while Abbas Afridi 20 runs be a prominent batsman.

Australia’s Nathan Ellis and Xavier Bartlett bowled brilliantly, taking 3 each, while Glenn Maxwell was awarded the man of the match award for his electrifying batting. Batting first, Australia made 93 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the scheduled 7 overs, Glenn Maxwell, who failed in the ODI series on behalf of the Kangaroos,

scored 43 runs from 19 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes and the team Delivering a steady total, national team fast bowler Abbas Afridi stood out with 2 wickets.

The first match of the 3 T20 International series between Pakistan and Australia in Brisbane, Australia was delayed due to rain.

The rain-affected match was limited to 7 overs per innings, in which only 2 overs of power play were played as per law and 3 bowlers could complete 2, 2 overs.

Jack Fraser McGurk, Matthew Short opened the innings for Australia and they got out after scoring 9 and 7 runs respectively. Glenn Maxwell, who came in at number three, batted aggressively, scoring 43 off 19 balls which included 3 sixes and 5 fours.

Tim David was dismissed for 10 runs, Marcus Stoins played an innings of 21 runs off 7 balls and remained not out, and his innings included 2 fours and a six. On behalf of the national team, Abbas Afridi took 2 wickets, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took one wicket each.

Australia T20 team is led by Josh Ingles while they do not have the services of Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood.

Australia Playing XI: Josh Anlags (captain), Jack Fraser McGurk, Matthew Short, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoins, Aaron Hardy, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa and Spencer Johnson;

Pakistan Playing XI: Muhammad Rizwan (captain), Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Usman Khan, Haseebullah, Salman Ali Agha, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.