Pakistan beat South Africa by 4 wickets to win T20I collection

Pakistan overcame David Miller’s 45-ball 85 to beat South Africa by 4 wickets within the third and closing Twenty20 and clinch the collection 2-1 on Sunday.
The 32-year-old legspinner Zahid Mahmood picked up 3-40 in his debut recreation and had diminished South Africa to 65-7 earlier than Miller’s clear hitting powered South Africa to a complete of 164-8. Miller hit 5 fours and 7 sixes in his unbeaten knock.
South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi grabbed 4-25 in a recreation dominated by spinners, however Pakistan’s decrease order hung in to succeed in 169-6 with eight balls to spare and document its one hundredth win in a Twenty20 worldwide.
Hasan Ali (20 not out) raised the victory with two sixes and a 4 towards Andile Phehlukwayo as seamers once more discovered it troublesome to grip the moist ball due to dew.
“Credit must be given to David Miller for playing an outstanding innings and making the match interesting,” Pakistan captain Babar Azam stated. “We told the players to play fearless cricket and that’s why we finished on the right side.”
Babar top-scored for his facet with 44 off 30 balls.
Pakistan beat South Africa 2-0 within the check collection earlier than finishing the double by handing the Proteas its first defeat in a T20 collection in Asia.
Earlier, Babar received the all-important toss within the winner-take-all recreation and his ploy of including an additional spinner paid dividends.
South Africa bumped into early bother within the batting powerplay when leftarm spinner Mohammad Nawaz eliminated in-form Reeza Hendricks and Jon-Jon Smuts in his first two overs.
Pite van Biljon (16) struck three successive boundaries in Hasan’s first over earlier than he was undone by the quick bowler’s slower supply as South Africa slipped to 41-3 in six overs.
Mahmood, one in every of three adjustments for Pakistan, may have gotten three wickets in his first over had an lbw determination towards Phehlukwayo not been overturned.
He baffled the Proteas along with his legspinners and sharp googlies as captain Heinrich Klaasen top- edged a sweep for a duck and Janneman Malan (27) was trapped lbw off the again foot.
But Miller added 41 runs with Bjorn Fortuin (10) earlier than chopping unfastened within the final 4 overs to elevate South Africa’s whole.
Miller, the veteran of 81 T20s, offered the proper end when he smashed seamer Faheem Ashraf for 4 sixes within the final over which went for 25 runs.
Player of the collection, wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan (42), and Haider Ali (15) offered Pakistan with a brisk begin of 51 off 37 balls earlier than Shamsi eliminated each batsmen in his first two overs.
Babar, who scored 0 and 5 within the earlier two matches, demoted himself to No. 3 and held the innings collectively earlier than Shami returned and claimed the wickets of Hussain Talat and Asif Ali.
Inbetween Shami’s strike, Babar was clear bowled by Dwaine Pretorius which left Pakistan struggling at 117-5 within the fifteenth over.
However, Nawaz (18 not out) and Hasan acquired the house group over the road within the nineteenth over and Pakistan turned the primary group to finish a century of victories in Twenty20 internationals.
“We started with some cowboy cricket and I take full responsibility for that collapse,” stated Klaasen. “We are looking for a specific way to play . we just have to keep fighting and it was a good learning curve for the boys.”