Pakistan Cricket Team: Pakistan used the Duckworth-Lewis rule to defeat South Africa by 36 runs in the third ODI. Pakistan’s bowlers and batsmen performed well in this match. Batting first, Pakistan scored 308 runs on the back of Sam Ayub’s century score. Since then, the African team has only scored 271 points in 42 rounds. By winning this match, Pakistan also won the series.
Sam Ayoub bats well
Sam Ayub proved to be the biggest hero of the series against South Africa. He scored two centuries in the series and led Pakistan to victory twice. He became the highest-scoring Pakistan batsman in the series with 235 runs. He won the Man of the Match award for his outstanding performance. It was because of him that Pakistan successfully swept their opponents in the three-match ODI series against South Africa.
Pakistan team creates miracle
Pakistan created history by sweeping past South Africa. Pakistan cricket team became the first team to sweep the ODI series against South Africa on African soil. No team has been able to do this before Pakistan. Pakistan team, captained by Mohammad Rizwan, achieved this historical record.
Sufiyan Muqeem took four wickets
Sam Ayub scored 101 runs for Pakistan in this match. Apart from this, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam also hit half-centuries. Salman Ali Aga contributed 48 points. Tayyab Tahir managed to score 28 points. It is because of these players that Pakistan successfully crossed the 300-run mark. After the batsmen, the bowlers also performed well. Sufiyan Muqeem took the maximum four wickets. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah took two wickets each.
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