New Delhi: In the T20 World Cup 2022, Pakistan’s team has to face the second consecutive defeat. There has been a big upset in today’s match. Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by one run. Let us tell you that Pakistan needed three runs in the last ball to win, but Shaheen Afridi could score only one run and Pakistan’s team lost the match. Batting first, Zimbabwe had set a target of 131 runs in front of Pakistan. But in reply, the Pakistani team could score only 129 runs for the loss of eight wickets and lost the match by one run. After this defeat, it has become difficult for Pakistan to go to the semi-finals of this cup.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Super 12 | Zimbabwe (130/8) beat Pakistan (129/8) by 1 run
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The players of the Zimbabwe team brought the team’s score to 130 runs
Batting first, Zimbabwe had an opening partnership of 42 runs. But after that the team could not recover and by the 10th over, the team’s score was 64/3. However, there was a 31-run partnership between Sean Williams (31) and Sikandar Raza (9) for the fourth wicket. After which the Pakistani bowlers came back and gave continuous shocks to Zimbabwe and made their score 95/7. But the players of the Zimbabwe team took the team’s score to 130 runs till the last over. Mohammad Wasim took four wickets for Pakistan. Shadab Khan also got three wickets.
Pakistan did not start well while chasing runs. Pakistan soon lost the wickets of their openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan had 36 till the 8th over due to which they had lost their wickets. This was followed by a 52-run partnership between Shadab Khan (17) and Shan Masood (44) for the fourth wicket. This partnership brought Pakistan back into the match, but Sikandar Raza created excitement in the match by dismissing Shadab and Masood in two consecutive overs. Mohammad Nawaz (22) tried his best, but as soon as he was dismissed on the fifth ball of the last over, Zimbabwe turned the match on the match and Pakistan’s team. could only score 129 runs, With the defeat in this match, the race ahead for Pakistan is looking difficult.