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November 8, 2024

PAK vs AUS 2nd ODI: Pakistan Team At Its Best

PAK vs AUS 2nd ODI: Pakistan Team At Its Best

Pakistan won the 2nd ODI against Australia with 9 wickets. 

The Pak vs Aus 2nd ODI was surely a sight for sore eyes of Pakistani cricket fans. The Men in Green shook the world with their brilliant performance with both, bat and ball. 

Australia, one of the world’s strongest teams, crumbled right in front of the Pakistan pace attack led by Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi. 

Rauf and Afridi’s pace bowling sent the entire Australian team back to the pavilion after just scoring 163 runs. 

This is the Kangaroos one of the lowest scores in ODI in recent times. 

Kudos to Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan’s newest white-ball captain for stepping into the match with 4 fast bowlers. He followed the same strategy in the 1st ODI and took his team too close to winning.

Shaheen Afridi opened the Australian account and was brilliantly supported by Haris Rauf who took a five-wicket haul.

A continuous fall of wickets didn’t allow any new batsman to settle in and take the game forward. 

While bowling has always been Pakistan’s specialty, it was actually their batting that proved to be a sigh of relief for Pakistani cricket fans. 

The Men in Green have a reputation of self sabotaging even when the target is low, but openers Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique handled the game so well.

They kept the scoreboard moving at the required pace and didn’t throw their wickets in the air. 

Adam Zampa dismissed Saim Ayub after he played a brilliant innings of 82 runs and when the team score was 137.

Babar Azam came in next and helped Abdullah Shafique in reaching the finish line. The winning runs were hit by Babar and Pakistan won the game with a massive margin of 9 wickets. 

This is surely a win to remember!