Pakistan broke India’s big record, became the first Asian team to do such a feat.
Indian And Pakistan Cricket Teams
Pakistan vs Australia ODI Series: Pakistani team has defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the second ODI match and leveled the three-match ODI series 1-1. Haris Rauf, Sam Ayub and Shaheen Afridi performed well for Pakistan in this match. It is because of these players that the Pakistani team has been successful in winning the match. Australia gave Pakistan a target of 163 runs to win, which Pakistan easily chased thanks to the half-centuries of Abdulla Shafiq and Sam Ayub.
Pakistani team did wonders
This is Pakistan’s 41st win in ODI matches on Australian soil. With this, the Pakistani team has become the first Asian team to win more than 40 ODI matches in Australia and has broken India’s record. India had won a total of 40 ODI matches on Australian soil. Now the Pakistani team has gone ahead of the Indian team. Sri Lankan team is at number three. Lanka has won a total of 29 matches on Australian soil.
Teams that have won the most ODI matches on Australian soil:
Pakistan- 41
India- 40
Sri Lanka-29
Bangladesh- 2
Haris Rauf took 5 wickets
Haris Rauf bowled amazingly in the match against Australia. He took 5 wickets for 29 runs in his 8 overs. He completely destroyed the Australian batting order. The Australian batsmen in front of them could not even stay on the crease let alone score runs. He was successful in impressing everyone with his bowling. Apart from him, Shaheen Afridi took three wickets. In front of these bowlers, the entire Australian team was reduced to 163 runs. Steve Smith scored the highest 35 runs.
Two batsmen of Pakistan scored half centuries
After this, Sam Ayub (82 runs) and Abdullah Shafiq (64 runs) gave a good start to the Pakistani team chasing the target. These players made a partnership of 137 runs for the first wicket. Babar Azam scored 15 runs. Pakistan did not face any problem in chasing the target.
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