Pakistan won the third ODI match against South Africa by 36 runs. With this victory, the team makes a clean slate in the 3-game series. This is the first time that Pakistan has managed to make a clean sweep against South Africa on South African soil.
This match played on Sunday in Johannesburg, in the rain, was decided by the DLS method. South Africa won the toss and decided to field. Pakistan, batting first, scored 308 runs for 9 wickets in 47 overs. In response, South Africa were all out for 271 runs in 42 overs. Saim Ayub was the player of the match. He played an innings century of 101 runs. Took 2 catches and also took a wicket. He was also named player of the series.
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Pakistan made a clean sweep against South Africa in their own home match. The team won the third consecutive series under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistani opener Abdullah Shafiq could not score any runs in the series. He was absent for zero in the three matches. This happened for the first time in a 3 game series.
Saim’s century, Babar-Rizwan scored fifty. Pakistan got off to a poor start after losing the toss and coming to bat. The team lost the wicket of Abdullah Shafiq by a score of one run. In such a situation, opener Saim Ayub and Babar Azam helped the team cross the 100-run mark. Then, captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 53 runs, Aag Salman scored 48 runs and Tayyub Tahir scored 28 runs to take the team to the score of 308 runs.
Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets for South Africa. Marco Jansson and Bjorn Fortuin took 2-2 wickets. Quen Mafaka and Corbin Bosch took a wicket each.
Klaasen’s half-century partnership with South Africa’s Janson, chasing the revised target of 308 runs, continually lost wickets. The team could not form a big partnership for the first 5 wickets. Heinrich Klaasen, who played an innings stand of 81 runs, made a 71-run partnership with Marco Jansson for the sixth wicket, but it was not enough for victory.
Sufiyan Muqim took 4 wickets for Pakistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah took 2-2 wickets.
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Champions Trophy – India-Pakistan match will take place on February 23
The India-Pakistan Champions Trophy match will be played on February 23. This big match will be played at the Dubai International Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. The first match of the tournament will be played on February 19 between hosts Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi. The final will take place on March 9 in Lahore. The Indian team’s first match will be against Bangladesh on February 20. If the Indian team qualifies for the knockout stages, the semi-finals and the final will also take place in Dubai.