PAK vs SA: Pakistan suffered a crushing defeat, South Africa’s winning streak continues for the last so many test matches.
Pakistan vs South Africa test match
PAK vs SA Test Series: South Africa defeated the Pakistani team by 10 wickets in the second test match and with this the African team also won the series 2-0. The African team has already qualified for the final of the World Test Championship. In this match, Pakistan gave a target of 58 runs to Africa to win, which Africa chased very easily.
Temba Bavuma did not lose a single test match under his captaincy
With the victory, South African captain Temba Bavuma has maintained his record of not losing a Test. So far, Bavuma has captained the African team in 9 test matches, in which the team has won 8 and drawn one. He has maintained his victory chariot. Now his next step will be to win the WTC final. South Africa has won consecutively in the last 7 test matches.
South Africa’s most consecutive wins in test matches
- March 2002 to August 2003 – 9 matches
- From August 2024 till now – 7 matches
- November 2012 to February 2013 – 6 matches
African team had made a big score
Batting first, South Africa scored a mountain-like score of 615 runs. Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma and Kyle Warren scored centuries for the team. Rickelton scored a double century and played an innings of 259 runs. Mohammad Abbas and Salman Ali Aga took 3-3 wickets for Pakistan. But apart from these two, other bowlers proved to be miserable flops.
South Africa had a lead of 421 runs
After the poor performance of the bowlers, the batsmen also could not show their strength in the first innings for Pakistan. Only Babar Azam scored a half-century and scored 58 runs. Pakistani team was able to score 184 runs in the first innings. After this Pakistan was forced to play follow on. Because Africa had got a lead of 421 runs.
But in the second, Pakistani batsmen performed well and scored 478 runs. Shan Masood scored a century and scored 145 runs for the team. He made a partnership of 205 runs while opening with Babar Azam (81 runs). Salman Ali Aga scored 48 runs. Mohammad Rizwan contributed 41 runs. It was because of these players that the Pakistani team was able to avoid innings defeat and was successful in giving the target of 58 runs to South Africa. But Africa chased this target easily.
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