Defeated Pakistan in the second T20 match as well, Australia won the T20 series

Defeated Pakistan in the second T20 match as well, Australia won the T20 series

ISLAMABAD ; Report By Nawaz Gohar

In the second T20 match, Australia defeated Pakistan by 13 runs to take a decisive lead in the three-match T20 series by two zeroes.

In the match being played in Sydney, the national team could score 134 runs in pursuit of the target of 148 runs given by Australia for victory.

Chasing the target, Pakistan’s first wicket fell for 12 runs, Babar Azam was caught out after scoring three runs.

Pakistan’s second player was dismissed for a total of 17 runs, Sahibzada Farhan was caught for 5 runs off Spencer Johnson’s ball.

The third wicket of Muhammad Rizwan fell, he scored 16 runs, the fourth wicket of Pakistan fell with a total score of 44 runs, Salman Ali Agha returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs.

After four wickets, Usman Khan took charge of the national team and scored a half-century, apart from him, Irfan Niazi stood out with 37 runs.

Australia’s Spencer took five wickets and was named man of the match.

Earlier, Australia’s opening batsmen scored fifty runs in 3.1 overs while batting fast, Jack Fraser was shown the way to the pavilion by Haris Rauf on a total score of 52, the second wicket also went to Haris Rauf, Josh Ings. His ball was caught out by Sufyan Moqim.

Mathew Short had scored 32 runs on a total score of 56 when he was bowled by Abbas Afridi and returned to the pavilion.

Australia’s fourth wicket fell for 86 runs, Marcus Stoins scored 14 runs and was caught out by Sufyan Moqim. Australia’s fifth wicket fell on a total score of 95 runs, Maxwell scored 21 runs and was caught by Sahibzada Farhan off the ball of Sufian Moqim.

Australia’s sixth wicket fell on the score of 115, Tim David scored 18 runs and was caught out by Abbas Afridi off Haris Rauf.

In the scheduled overs, Australia scored 147 runs for the loss of nine wickets and set Pakistan a target of 148 runs to win. For Pakistan, Haris Rauf got 4, Sufyan Muqim got 2 and Abbas Afridi dismissed 3 players.

After winning the toss, Australian captain Josh Ingles said that the previous match was limited to 7 overs, no changes have been made in the team, we have a good bowling line.

The captain of the national team, Muhammad Rizwan, said that he will show improvement in the match, there has been a change in the team, Sufian Moqim has been included in the team instead of Hasibullah

It should be remembered that in the rain-affected first T20 match, Australia defeated Pakistan by 31 runs. Australia has a 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.
The third T20 between Pakistan and Australia will be played on Monday.

Pakistan squad ; Captain Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Usman Khan, Salman Agha, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Sufian Moqim.

Australia Squad: Captain Josh Ingles, Jack Fraser McGurk, Matt Short, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoins, Aaron Hardy, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson