Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 57 runs in first T20I – SUCH TV
Abrar Ahmed and Sufiyan Muqeem spun Pakistan to a 57-run victory over Zimbabwe within the first T20I of the three-match sequence at Queens Sports activities Membership on Sunday.
Chasing a 164-run goal, Zimbabwe’s batting unit unfolded on a meagre 108 within the 15.3 overs regardless of brisk knocks by skipper Sikandar Raza and opener Tadiwanashe Marumani.
The house facet had a shaky begin to the pursuit as they misplaced two wickets inside three overs with simply 18 runs on the board.
However, a quickfire knock by Marumani had saved Zimbabwe on monitor till his agonizing dismissal within the ninth over. He scored 33 off simply 20 balls, laced with 4 fours and a six.
His dismissal opened the floodgates as the house facet slipped from 77/2 to 108 all out regardless of a gutsy 39-run knock by Raza throughout the collapse.
For Pakistan, Abrar Ahmed and Sufiyan Muqeem claimed three wickets every, adopted by Haris Rauf with two, whereas Jahandad Khan chipped in with one scalp.
Opting to bat first, the Males in Inexperienced obtained off to an undesirable begin to their innings as they misplaced younger opener Omair Bin Yousuf as he fell sufferer to Richard Ngarava within the third over after scoring 16 off 13 deliveries with the assistance of two boundaries together with a six.
Strolling out to bat at quantity three, Usman Khan took the reins of Pakistan’s batting expedition with a defiant knock.
He was additionally concerned in two essential partnerships with Saim Ayub (24) and captain Salman Ali Agha earlier than lastly perishing within the thirteenth over with 91 runs on the board.
The appropriate-handed batter remained the joint top-scorer for Pakistan with a 30-ball 39, studded with two fours and as many sixes.
Following his dismissal, Sikandar Raza diminished Pakistan to 100/4 in 14.2 overs by eliminating Agha, who performed a scratchy 13 from 19 balls.
Following the stoop, Tayyab and Muhammad Irfan Khan registered an unbeaten 65-run partnership to push their group’s whole previous the 160-run mark.
Tayyab struck 5 boundaries together with a six on his technique to an unbeaten 35 off 29 deliveries, whereas Irfan made 27 not out from 15 balls.
Earlier, the Males in Inexperienced received the toss and elected to bat first in opposition to the host nation.
On Thursday, the Males in Inexperienced inflicted a 99 runs defeat on Zimbabwe within the third One Day Worldwide to win the sequence by 2-1.
Pakistan and Zimbabwe enter the three-match sequence with contrasting momentums.
The house facet are unbeaten of their earlier 5 look within the format, a part of their good run on the recently-held ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier.
Whereas, the inexperienced shirts are carrying the burden of a 3-0 clear sweep defeat in opposition to Australia, their first sequence after a dismal marketing campaign on the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024, which marked their first-ever group stage exit from the event.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Usman Khan (wk), Omair Bin Yousuf, Salman Agha (c), Tayyab Tahir, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf.
Zimbabwe: Mind Bennett, Ryan Burl, Trevor Gwandu, Clive Madande, Tawandanashe Marumani (wk), Tashinga Musekiwa, Richard Ngarava, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Wellington Masakadza
HEAD TO HEAD
Pakistan and Zimbabwe have come face-to-face 18 occasions in T20Is with the previous boasting a dominant document with 16 victories, in comparison with the opposition’s two, which included a well-known one-run victory throughout the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2022.
Matches 18, Pakistan 16, Zimbabwe 2
