Australia defeated Pakistan in the second T20 match to win the 3-match series by 2-0. The national team was bowled out for 134 runs in response to the target of 148 runs given by Australia. Usman Khan was the top scorer by playing an innings of 52 runs.
In the second T20 match played in Sydney, Pakistan started their innings in response to Australia’s 147 runs, but the team faltered from the beginning and could not stay long in front of the Australian bowlers.
Pakistan’s first wicket against Australia fell for 12 runs, when Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring just 3 runs. After that, Sahibzada Farhan was able to score 5 runs and thus, on 17 runs, the other players of Pakistan also left the field.
Captain Mohammad Rizwan got out after making 16 and the total score of the national team was 44 runs. Immediately after this, vice-captain Salman Ali Agha also returned to the pavilion on captain Safar. Later, Usman Khan was caught out after scoring 52 runs, then the Pakistani team had reached 102 runs.
Pakistan’s sixth wicket fell on 106 runs. Australian fast bowler Spinner Johnson took 5 wickets. Later, Pakistan’s seventh wicket fell for 107 runs and Shaheen Shah Afridi was bowled without opening his account. Immediately after that, the eighth player of the national team also returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs.
Naseem Shah came in at number nine and was dismissed for no runs, at which point the national team’s total was 127 runs.
Earlier, while batting first, the Australian team scored 147 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, the Australian openers showed an aggressive game, the team’s score reached 52 runs in the first three overs, but Matthew Short 32 and Jack Fraser McGurk returned to the pavilion on 29 runs while skipper Josh Ings departed for zero.
Among the other players, Glenn Maxwell 21, Marcus Stoins 14, Tim David 18, Aaron Hardy 28, Xavier Bartlett got out by scoring 5 runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Haris Rauf sent 4, Abbas Afridi 3 and Sufian Moqim sent 2 players to the pavilion. In pursuit of the target, the Pakistani team did not start well, opener Babar Azam 3 while Sahibzada Farhan 5, captain Mohammad Rizwan 16 and Agha Salman returned to the pavilion for zero.
For Australia, Spencer Johnson took 3 wickets and Xavier Bartlett took one wicket. Earlier, Josh Ingles, the captain of the Australian team, won the toss and decided to bat first. On this occasion, the captain of the national team, Muhammad Rizwan, said that the first goal is to win the match and equalize the series. He said that a change has been made in the playing XI, and Sufian Moqim has been added in place of Haseebullah Khan.
Pakistan squad Captain Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Usman Khan, Salman Agha, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Sufian Moqim.
Australia Squad: Captain Josh Ingles, Jack Fraser McGurk, Matt Short, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoins, Aaron Hardy, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson
