SA vs PAK 4th T20: Babar Azam’s Pakistan keep nerves to win 4th T20 & series against South Africa by 3 wickets: Mohammad Nawaz kept his nerves as Pakistan survived some very anxious moments to win the 4th T20 by 3 wickets in the very last over. With the victory also won the series against South Africa by 3-1 margin.
SA vs PAK 4th T20: Babar Azam’s Pakistan keep nerves to win 4th T20 & series against South Africa by 3 wickets: Pakistan almost made a mess of 145 runs chase.
Known for their unpredictability Pakistan once again made hash of the chase which was looking very comfortable at one moment. Pakistan were comfortably placed at 92/1 with Fakhar Zaman (60) & Babar Azam (24) in full flow. Once they departed, Pakistan lost 5 quick wickets for addition of just 23 runs.
But Nawaz (25*) kept his calm and scored the winning six and took Pakistan home.
Earlier Pakistan started on a bad note as Mohammed Rizwan went back to pavilion without scoring. But it was one way traffic post that as last match centurion Babar Azam & Fakhar Zaman added 91 for the 2nd wicket. Zaman completed his 50 in just 27 balls.
SA vs PAK 4th T20 LIVE score: SA vs PAK 4th T20: Babar Azam’s Pakistan keep nerves to win 4th T20 & series against South Africa by 3 wickets
Earlier Faheem Ashraf & Hasan Ali picked 3 wickets each as Pakistan has restricted South Africa to just 144 in their 20 overs. For South Africa only Van Der Dussen played a lone hand as he scored 52 of just 36 balls.
For Pakistan Ashraf took 3/17 from his 4 overs & Hasan Ali picked 3/40 from his 4.
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Rizwan (WK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Babar Azam (C) | 24 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 104.35 | |
| Fakhar Zaman | 60 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 176.47 | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Haider Ali | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Asif Ali | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.56 | |
| Faheem Ashraf | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 63.64 | |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 119.05 | |
| Hasan Ali | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Extra | 13 (b 0, w 7, nb 4, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 149/7 (19.5) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | S Afridi, Haris Rauf | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bjorn Fortuin | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8.67 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Lizaad Williams | 3.5 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 10.17 |
| Sisanda Magala | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5.50 |
| George Linde | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janneman Malan | 33 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 117.86 | |
| Aiden Markram | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 220.00 | |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 52 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 144.44 | |
| Heinrich Klaasen (WK/C) | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| George Linde | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Wiaan Mulder | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 | |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Sisanda Magala | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 87.50 | |
| Bjorn Fortuin | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Lizaad Williams | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 12 (b 4, w 1, nb 1, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 144/10 (19.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10.00 |
| Haris Rauf | 3.3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5.14 |
| Hasan Ali | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 10.00 |
| Faheem Ashraf | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4.25 |
SA vs PAK 4th T20 LIVE: As for Playing XI, South Africa have made two changes. Wiaan Mulder will make his debut while Bjorn Fortuin has also been brought in place of Beuran Hendricks and Pite van Bijon. Pakistan have decided to field an unchanged XI.
SA vs PAK 4th T20: Playing XI: Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf.
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Janneman Malan, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (capt, wk), George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo, Wiaan Mulder, Sisanda Magala, Bjorn Fortuin, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Date: Friday, April 16, 2021
Time: 6.00 PM IST
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
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SA vs PAK 4th T20: Babar Azam’s Pakistan keep nerves to win 4th T20 & series against South Africa by 3 wickets
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