Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 57 runs!
pakistan has badly defeated zimbabwe in the first match of the t20 series. pakistan won by 57 runs on the strength of new players. This match was played in Bulawayo on Sunday. Tayyab Tahir was chosen as the Player of the Match. He performed strongly for Pakistan. Tahir played an explosive innings of 39 runs. Irfan Khan also performed brilliantly for the team.
Actually, pakistan scored 165 runs while batting first. During this, Usman Khan scored 39 runs facing 30 balls. He hit two fours and two sixes. Tayyab Tahir scored an unbeaten 39 runs. Tahir data-faced 25 balls and hit 4 fours and 1 six. Irfan Khan scored an unbeaten 27 runs in 15 balls. In this way, pakistan scored 165 runs after losing 4 wickets.
The zimbabwe team, which came out to chase the target given by pakistan, collapsed at a score of 108 runs. For them, opener Marumani scored 33 runs. He hit 4 fours and 1 six while facing 20 balls. Captain Sikandar Raza played an innings of 39 runs. He hit 4 fours while facing 28 balls. Apart from these, no batsman could do anything special. In this way, the whole team was all out at a score of 108 runs in 15.3 overs. They had to data-face defeat by 57 runs.
Abrar ahmed and Sufiyan Muqeem bowled lethally for Pakistan. Both of them are new players of the team. Sufiyan took 3 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. Abrar took 3 wickets for 28 runs in 3.3 overs. Haris Rauf got two wickets. While Jahandad Khan got 1 wicket. Let us tell you that before t20, ODI series was played between pakistan and Zimbabwe. In this, pakistan won 2-1. Now they have taken a 1-0 lead in the t20 series.