Pakistan defeated Australia, this miracle happened after 43 years
Australia vs Pakistan ODI: The ODI series being played between Australia and Pakistan is now tied after two matches. Both the teams have won one match each, now the third and last match will decide which team will win the series. This series is going to be very important from the Champions Trophy point of view. Meanwhile, the charisma that Pakistan has done today had never happened before. The team has also broken its almost 43 year old record.
This is Pakistan’s biggest victory in ODI cricket against Australia in Australia. Pakistan achieved the small score given by Australia by losing only one wicket with 141 balls remaining. That means Pakistan has won by full 9 wickets. Earlier, Pakistan had defeated Australia by 6 wickets on its own soil in the year 1981, this match was played in Sydney. This was his biggest win in terms of wickets. If we talk about victory with balls remaining, then in the year 2022, Pakistan had defeated Australia in Lahore with 73 balls remaining. That means now this has become Pakistan’s biggest victory in both the cases.
Australia’s batting flopped badly
Batting first, Australia scored only 163 runs. All the wickets of the team had fallen and the Kangaroo team could bat only 35 overs. That means Pakistan had a target of only 164 runs. Which the team achieved in only 26.3 overs. The special thing about Pakistan in this match was that first the bowlers did their job very well and when the turn of the batsmen came, they also presented excellent batting performance.
There was a partnership of 137 runs for the first wicket between openers Sam Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq. The foundation stone of the team’s victory was laid here. Sam Ayub played a brilliant innings of 82 runs on 71 balls before getting out. This included 5 fours and 6 sixes. Whereas Abdullah Shafiq remained unbeaten till the end after scoring 64 runs on 69 balls. He hit four fours and 3 sixes. Former captain Babar Azam, who came last, scored 15 runs on 20 balls. He led his team to victory by hitting a six.
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