World Cup 2023: South Africa beat Pakistan by one wicket in a thrilling match
In a sensational match of the ongoing World Cup in India, South Africa defeated Pakistan by one wicket.
Despite the three wickets of Shaheen Shah Afridi and the two wickets of Haris Rauf and Wasim Junior, South Africa successfully chased down the target of 271 runs for the loss of nine wickets.
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South African batsman Aiden Markram played a remarkable innings of 91 runs.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s careful half-century in the first innings and then a remarkable partnership of 84 runs between Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan supported the batting, but the team was bowled out for 270 runs in 46.4 overs.
Tabriz Shamsi took four wickets and kept the Pakistani batsmen in trouble, for which he was declared the man of the match.
When South Africa started batting, Babar handed the ball to off-spinner Iftikhar Ahmed, but this decision did not last long, and he initially conceded 15 runs without success in two overs.
From the other end, Shaheen Afridi conceded 26 runs in the first four overs, but during that time he managed to get the important wicket of Quinton de Kock.
Pakistan’s second win came from Mohammad Wasim Jr., who was added to the team in place of Hasan Ali. He dismissed South African captain Temba Bauma for 28 runs with the help of a good bouncer.
This was followed by a 54-run partnership between Rossy van der Dosen and Aidan Markram. As Usama Mir was brought into the attack, he had van der Dosen lbw for 21 runs. Wasim also dismissed Klassen on a short ball.
A 70-run partnership between Markram and Miller gave South Africa a chance of victory, but then Miller was dismissed for 29 runs by Shaheen Afridi. Haris Rauf took the wicket of Marco Jensen, after which Usama Mir took the wicket of Markram for 91 runs.
Shaheen Afridi dismissed Coetzee after scoring 10 runs, which was South Africa’s eighth wicket. Then Haris Rauf took Langi Ngidi’s ninth wicket.
Pakistani batting ups and downs:
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first, but Abdullah Shafiq failed to get off to a good start this time and was dismissed for nine when he attempted a pull shot off Marco Jensen.
The wicket of second opener Imamul Haq fell for 38 runs in the seventh over. He was dismissed for 12 runs off Jensen’s ball. The 48-run partnership between captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan was then broken when Rizwan failed to control Gerald Coetzee’s bouncer and was caught by the keeper for 31 off 27 balls.
On one side, wickets kept falling, but on the other side, captain Babar Azam remained at the crease. Iftikhar Ahmed became a victim of Tabriz Shamsi, while Babar was also dismissed while playing sweep on his ball.
This was followed by a remarkable partnership of 84 runs between Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan for the sixth wicket. After Shadab was dismissed for 43 runs, Saud Shakeel also returned to the pavilion after scoring a half-century.
Pakistan’s 10th wicket fell in the 47th over, but thanks to the efforts of the lower order, the team scored a total of 270 runs.
South African spinner Tabrez Shamsi scored 60 runs in 10 overs and took four important wickets.
Saud Shakeel responded to Aqib Javed’s criticism with these small hands:
Before the match, former Pakistani fast bowler Aqib Javed’s comment about Saud Shakeel was circulating on social media.
In a Snow News program, Aqib Javed said that the big hitter we have got is five feet, six inches tall. He has so many legs and arms.’
During his comment, while the anchor keeps laughing, Aqib sarcastically says that Saud Shakeel is not suitable for this role.
But in this match, Saud Shakeel, batting at number six, scored 52 runs off 52 balls, which included seven fours.
Many users on social media are calling his batting a response to Aqib Javed’s criticism.
A user named Ahmar Najeeb wrote, “Saud is a good batsman, and he played good shots today.” Give your analysis; don’t insult the players.
Aqed said on Saud Shakeel’s fifty that ‘Saud Shakeel made half a century with those small hands and legs.’
Nadra, a user, says that this way of talking on national TV is not right, and the anchors were laughing at themselves instead of stopping them. Vanshika said that “Saud Shakeel seems to have taken Aqib Javed’s criticism quite seriously.”