Lahore: In the second T20 match, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets.
In the second T20 match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets to level the series 1-1. In pursuit of the target of 145 runs given by the national team, the innings by the great team. Janiman Milne and Reza Hendricks started but Shaheen Afridi sent Janiman Milne back to the pavilion with a total score of only 4. However, Reza Hendrix played a responsible innings of 42 runs but was caught by Usman Qadir.
Pat Bijlon, who came in fourth, also played an innings of 42 runs, but his wicket was taken by Muhammad Nawaz, after which David Milne showed a responsible innings and scored 25 runs, as a result of which the visitors lost 4 wickets in 16.4 overs. Achieved the target.
Earlier, South Africa captain Heinrich Klaassen decided to field after winning the toss. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam started the innings for the national team but the captain failed to score again and the pavilion was reduced to 5 runs Returning, Haider Ali and Hussain Talat, who came one down, were dismissed for just 10 and 3 runs respectively.
Mohammad Rizwan once again played a brilliant and aggressive game and completed a half century. However, Rizwan was dismissed for 51 runs after which Faheem Ashraf tried to resist and scored 30 runs off just 12 balls, thanks to which the national team was allotted 20 runs. He scored 144 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in overs.
It should be noted that in the first match of the three-match T20 series, Pakistan had defeated South Africa by 3 runs, but after the victory of the visiting team in the second match, the series has become 1-1.
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