(By Abdul Majid & Mian Iftikhar Ahmed)
Faisalabad: Pakistan cricket team, which won the first match, suffered a humiliating defeat in the second ODI. In the second match of the 3-match ODI series at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan cricket team suffered a humiliating 8-wicket defeat at the hands of South Africa. They also scored a century against themselves. The Green Caps won the first match in a big way but lost the second match in a terrible manner. This difference in modern cricket, which is being run by the PCB, must be remembered.
Pakistan once again won the toss of the second One Day International match played in Faisalabad, 2 Tests, 3 T20 matches and now the second ODI. South Africa lost the toss for the 7th consecutive time in Pakistan’s tour. Pakistan chose to bat first against expectations. As a result, they lost 3 big wickets in the first 5 overs. Among those who went to the pavilion, opener Fakhar Zaman made 0, Babar Azam 11 and Muhammad Rizwan could make 4. The team, which had lost 3 wickets by 22, was rescued by Salman Ali Agha and Saim Ayub and made an important partnership of 92 runs for the fourth wicket. Saim Ayub returned to the pavilion at a score of 114 after scoring 53 runs, Hussain Talat could only score 10 runs. Pakistan suffered its 5th biggest loss at a score of 190, when set-batsman Salman Ali Agha went for 69 runs, he played 106 balls. Pakistan had lost 8 wickets by 234 runs. Fahim Ashraf was out for 28. Mohammad Nawaz’s aggression worked in the last overs. He returned 22 runs in the last over. Pakistan managed to score 269 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted 500 overs. Mohammad Nawaz made 59 off 59 balls. There were 4 sixes and 3 fours. Ann Burger took 4 wickets for 46 runs. Ann Peter took 3 wickets for 55 runs. Corbin Butch got 2 wickets for 58 runs.
In reply, South Africa made a good start of 81 runs by the 12th over. Petraeus was out for 46 runs, but the problems for Pakistan increased further when Tony de Zorzi came to Quinton de Kock. Both batted aggressively and made a partnership of 155 runs for the second wicket and played only 22 overs for it. Pakistan took the second wicket in the 35th over when de Zorzi was out for 76 runs. Earlier, De Kock scored a brilliant century. He said that if you fail in 4 innings continuously, then a century happens like this.
South Africa achieved the target in 40.1 overs for 2 wickets. De Kock returned unbeaten on 123 runs off 119 balls, hitting 7 sixes and 8 fours. For Pakistan, Mohammad Wasim and Faheem Ashraf took one wicket each. With the 8-wicket win, the Proteas leveled the 3-match series 1-1. The deciding match will be played here on November 8.
