Pakistan
defeated South Africa by 28 runs in the third and decisive ODI of the series to
win the series. Pakistan
gave South Africa a target of 321 runs to win the decisive ODI thanks to
excellent batting by Fakhr Zaman and Babar Azam.

Which team won the toss?

In
the last match of the series being played at Centurion, South Africa won the
toss and elected to field which proved to be beneficial for Pakistan and both
the openers gave a good start.

Who was the opener from
Pakistan?

Openers
Fakhr Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq put on a fine partnership of 112 runs, but
Imam-ul-Haq was caught for 57 runs. After that, captain Babar Azam came to the crease to
accompany Fakhr Zaman and completed 200 runs to advance the team’s score.

Fakhr
Zaman once again batted brilliantly and scored a century with the help of 9
fours and 3 sixes, after which he also returned to the pavilion. Mohammad Rizwan stayed on
the wicket for a few minutes and scored only 2 runs for the total score of 214.

Sarfraz
Ahmed looked in good form but his innings was limited to only 13 runs and he
gave the same catch on the ball of JJ Smuts.

The
Pakistani team had not yet recovered from the loss that Faheem Ashraf would
have made only one in the next over with which the Pakistan team lost the fifth
wicket.

Captain
Babar Azam once again completed his half century by playing a brilliant turn.

Muhammad
Nawaz also failed to take advantage of the opportunity and after scoring only 4
runs became the second wicket of Eden Markram.

The
Pakistani team could not score runs fast due to the wickets falling from time
to time in the last ten overs. However, in the last two overs, Pakistan played aggressively
and Hassan Ali and Babar Azam rained sixes and scored 43 runs in two overs.

Hassan Ali’s four sixes

Hassan
Ali hit four sixes in the 49th over of the innings while Babar hit two sixes
and a four in the 50th over. On the last ball of the innings, Babar Azam needed 6 runs to
complete the century but he was caught at the boundary in an attempt to hit a
six.

Pakistan scored 320 runs for
the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated overs

Babar
scored 94 off 82 balls with the help of three sixes and seven fours while
Hassan Ali played an aggressive innings of 32 off 11 balls. In pursuit of the target,
Janman Milan started the innings with Aiden Mercrum and both gave their team a
good start of 54 runs.

Pakistan’s
first victory came from Shaheen Shah Afridi when 18-run scorer Eden Markram
caught Sarfraz Ahmed behind the wickets. When the score reached 77, Usman
Qadir, playing the first ODI of his career, took the first wicket by walking JJ
Smiths, who scored 17 runs.

After
losing two wickets, Milan’s captain Temba Bauma came to the rescue and the two
formed a 50-run partnership to take the score to 127. Muhammad Nawaz, who played
the first match of the series at this stage, moved Pakistan to a strong
position in the match by moving Milan and Bauma in the same over. Milan scored
77 and Bauma scored 20 runs.

The
next blow to South Africa came when Noz added a few runs to move Henry Klaassen
to give Pakistan their fifth victory. After losing five wickets, the duo of
Andeel Falcao and Kyle Warren came together on the wicket and both batted
responsibly to complete their team’s double century.

Falcao
and Warren put on a 108-run stand for the sixth wicket to bring their team back
into the match. At this stage, it seemed that these two players could have
succeeded in giving victory to South Africa, but Harris Rauf ended Warin’s
innings and turned the tide on the hopes of the host team, Warin hit 3 sixes
and as many fours. Make 62 runs with the help.

Fellowship
was also not tolerated by his teammate and he too went on to add 3 runs to the
total, scoring 54 runs while scoring a half-century. Bjorn Hendricks also
managed to score only one run while Shaheen Shah Afridi scattered the wickets
of 19-run Kashyap Maharaj.

In
the last over of the match, Shaheen dismissed Daryl DePavilin to lead Pakistan
to victory in the match and the series. For Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz was the
most successful bowler with three wickets for 34 runs while Shaheen Shah Afridi
also took three wickets and Haris Rauf two.

Thanks
to the victory in the match, Pakistan also won the three-match series 1-2. Both
teams were composed of these players for the match.

List of Pakistan Player

• Babar
  Azam (captain)
• Sarfraz
  Ahmed
• Mohammad
  Rizwan
• Mohammad
  Nawaz
• Usman
  Qadir
• Fakhr
  Zaman
• Imam-ul-Haq
• Fahim
  Ashraf
• Hassan
  Ali
• Shaheen
  Shah Afridi
• Haris
  Rauf

List South Africa Player

• Temba
  Bavuma (captain)
• Aiden
  Markram
• Janneman
  Malan
• Jon-Jon
  Smuts
• Kyle
  Verreynne
• Heinrich
  Klaasen
• Andile
  Phehlukwayo
• Keshav
  Maharaj
• Daryn
  Dupavillon
• Beuran
  Henoricks
• Lutho
  Sipamla