PAK vs SA WC Highlights 2023 and Scorecard Updates As South Africa Wins Thriller Against Pakistan
PAK vs SA WC Highlights 2023: Pakistan had to face defeat against South Africa in the 26th match of ODI World Cup 2023. This was the most exciting match of this tournament so far and in the end South Africa won by one wicket. With the defeat in the fourth consecutive match, Pakistan team is almost out of the race for the semi-finals. At the same time, the South African team has come on top of the points table with its fifth win.
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Batting first, Pakistan scored 270 runs losing all the wickets in 46.4 overs. In response, South Africa scored 271 runs losing nine wickets in 47.2 overs and won the match by one wicket. For Pakistan, Saud Shakeel scored 52 runs and Babar Azam scored 50 runs with the bat. Shadab Khan also contributed 43 runs. South Africa’s Tabrez Shamsi took four wickets and Marco Jansen took three wickets. Gerald Koitze got two wickets. For South Africa, Aiden Markram scored 91 and David Miller scored 29 runs. Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi took three wickets. Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Usama Mir got two wickets each.
With the victory in this match, the South African team has reached the top of the points table. At the same time, the doors to the semi-finals are almost closed for Pakistan. Pakistan has suffered its fourth consecutive defeat in this World Cup. Now even after winning all their remaining matches, Babar Azam’s team will have maximum 10 points and this team will be dependent on luck to play the semi-finals.
Babar-Shakeel reached a respectable score
Captain Babar Azam (50) and Saud Shakeel (52) got good starts, but could not extend their innings. The batsmen performed poorly in the final overs and Pakistan were all out for 270 runs in 46.4 overs. Due to the brilliant bowling of spin bowler Tabrez Shamsi (4/60) and fast bowler Marco Jensen (3/43), South Africa did not allow Pakistan to score 300 in the ICC ODI World Cup match.
The opening pair did not work
Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bat first. The team’s opening pair did not perform well in this match as well and Jensen sent Shafiq (09) to the pavilion after getting him caught out by Nagidi. Pakistan had lost its three wickets for just 86 runs. But Babar held one end and scored his 31st half-century in 64 balls. He hit four fours and one six in 65 balls. Babar made a partnership of 48 runs with Rizwan for the third wicket and a partnership of 43 runs with Iftikhar for the fourth wicket.
Partnership of 84 runs for the sixth wicket
Coetzee (2/42) gave a big blow to Pakistan by dismissing Shadab (43). Shakeel, playing fast, completed his third half-century in ODI in 49 balls. After this, Shamsi shattered Pakistan’s hopes of crossing 300 by sending Shakeel to the pavilion.
Pakistan lost four wickets to score 45 runs
The performance of Pakistan team in the last overs of this tournament (41 to 50) has not been good. When Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan were playing, it seemed that the team would easily score beyond 300. But Shamsi and Jensen made a comeback and defeated the Pakistani team. Pakistan lost four wickets in the last 10 overs to score 45 runs.
Good start for South Africa
Chasing 271 runs, South Africa got off to a good start. Bavuma and De Kock scored at a fast pace. However, both were out inside the powerplay. De Kock became Shaheen’s victim after scoring 24 runs. At the same time, Bavuma was dismissed by Mohammad Wasim on a personal score of 28. South Africa scored 67 runs losing two wickets in the powerplay.
Even after this, Africa’s aggressive batting continued. Dussen was out after scoring 21 runs, Klaasen was out after scoring 12 runs, but Africa’s attitude did not change. Dussen and Markram took the team beyond 100 runs. Markram made a half-century partnership with Miller and took the team beyond 200 runs. Miller was out after scoring 29 runs and Yansen was out after scoring 20 runs.
Markram was also out after taking South Africa beyond 250 runs. After this it seemed that Pakistan could win this match. South Africa was 11 runs away from victory when Lungi Ngidi was out after scoring four runs. In such a situation, Tabrez Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj did not lose their wickets and gave victory to South Africa by one run. Shaheen Afridi took three wickets for Pakistan. Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Usama Mir took two wickets each.