Pakistan Cricket Team: Pakistani team defeated South Africa by 36 runs in the third ODI match using Duckworth-Lewis rule. In this match, bowlers and batsmen performed well for Pakistan. Batting first, Pakistan scored 308 runs thanks to Sam Ayub’s century. After this, the African team could score only 271 runs in 42 overs. By winning the match, the Pakistani team has also won the series.
Sam Ayub batted excellently
Sam Ayub has proved to be the biggest hero in the series against South Africa. He scored two centuries in the series and led Pakistan to victory both times. He was the highest run scoring Pakistani batsman in the series with 235 runs. He has received the Player of the Match award for his excellent performance. It is because of him that the Pakistani team has been successful in making a clean sweep in the three-match ODI series against South Africa.
Pakistani team did wonders
Pakistani team has created history by making a clean sweep against South Africa. Pakistan cricket team has become the first team to clean sweep the ODI series against South Africa on African soil. Before Pakistan, no team had been able to do this. Pakistani team has made this historical record under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan.
Sufiyan Muqeem took four wickets
Sam Ayub scored 101 runs for Pakistan in the match. Apart from them, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam played half-century innings. Salman Ali Aga contributed 48 runs. Tayyab Tahir was successful in scoring 28 runs. It is because of these players that the Pakistani team was successful in crossing the 300-run mark. After the batsmen, the bowlers also performed well. Sufiyan Muqeem took the maximum of four wickets. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah took two wickets each.
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