Rizwan was in hospital an evening in the past, he’s a warrior: Matthew Hayden

Pakistan’s Australian batting marketing consultant Matthew Hayden heaped reward on Mohammad Rizwan in the course of the innings break of the semifinal match of the T20 World Cup between Australia and Pakistan, labelling the Pakistan batsman as a “warrior.”
“Obviously, there’s a conflict of interests, my heart is all for Australia. But this was a fantastic opportunity with Pakistan, big fan of this batting line-up, have performed superbly right through with the bat all along and tonight is no exception. Rizwan was in hospital a night ago, suffering from a bronchitis condition, but this is a warrior, a quiet start to tonight’s campaign, but he has great courage, so has Babar, fantastic to see them combine so well,” Hayden mentioned after the primary innings on Star Sports
Rizwan struck his third half-century of the event earlier than Fakhar Zaman roared again to kind with a 32-ball unbeaten 55 to energy Pakistan to 176 for 4 within the semifinal.
Openers Rizwan (67 off 52) and Babar Azam (39 off 44) shared a 71-run stand earlier than Zaman ended the innings on a excessive together with his unbeaten knock.

The final 5 overs yielded 59 runs for Pakistan.
Pakistan loved their greatest powerplay of the event, racing to 47 for no loss in six overs after Australia put them in to bat.
Rizwan, who was down with flu forward of the sport, didn’t have a look at his greatest early on and Babar took the lead in attacking the Australian tempo assault. The Aussies had been in search of some swing early on however they weren’t capable of get it.

The Pakistan skipper started with a regal cowl drive off a late outswinger from Josh Hazlewood. Babar, who had proven supreme kind within the group stage, seemed in chic contact. Among the 5 regal boundaries he hit, his short-arm jab between deep midwicket and long-on stood out.
Leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who has been Australia’s go to bowler within the center overs, lastly acquired the breakthrough Australia wanted by having Babar caught within the deep with Pakistan reaching 71 for one in 10 overs. More than the ball, it was the stress created by Zampa that led to the wicket.
Rizwan, who was dropped twice within the innings, acquired into the act after Babar’s dismissal. The wicketkeeper batter grew in confidence as his innings progressed and as soon as he he acquired his trademark half full half sweep shot proper off Hazlewood, he seemed far more harmful.
Australia did nicely from overs 7-11, conceding solely 28 earlier than Rizwan changedgears.
He determined to take the assault to the spectacular Zampa within the twelfth over which went for 14 runs and included a slog sweep for six.
Rizwan acquired his second six off Hazlewood two overs later, dispatching the seasoned pacer over deep midwicket.

Zaman, who didn’t have lots of runs beneath his belt heading into the semifinal, hit a flat six over lengthy off to realize confidence.
With Zampa finishing his tidy effort, Pakistan had been in search of a giant over and that occurred to be the seventeenth when Hazlewood was hammered for 21 runs, together with a six off a free hit.
After Rizwan’s dismissal, Zaman displayed his energy hitting abilities in opposition to Mitchell Starc, clubbing him for a six and 4 in a 15-run over.
Six-hitting machine Asif Ali had a uncommon failure within the event as he was out first ball off Cummins.
Zaman completed the innings on an exhilarating notice, depositing Starc for 2 huge sixes to take the staff previous 170.
Zampa (1/22 in 4 overs) was the choose of the bowlers for Australia whereas Hazlewood was the most costly, leaking 49 runs in 4 overs.
(With PTI inputs)