Babar Azam Audi Running: In the third and final ODI, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 36 runs using the Duckworth-Lewis method. Sam Ayub had a strong innings for Pakistan in this match. He scored 101 points and played an important role in the team’s victory. Apart from this, captain Mohammad Rizwan and superstar batsman Babar Azam also scored half-centuries.
Babar Azam scored 52 points
Pakistan got off to a very bad start. When opener Abdulla Shafiq returned to the pavilion, no account was opened. Thereafter, Babar Azam and Sam Ayub combined for 114 runs and both helped Pakistan out of trouble. Babar scored 52 runs off 71 balls, including 7 fours. He scored the 34th half-century in his ODI career.
Babar misses chance to set world record
If he had scored 43 more runs against South Africa, he would have completed 6,000 runs in his ODI career and he would have set a world record for completing 6,000 runs in the fewest innings, but he was unable to do so. He has scored 5957 runs in 120 innings of ODI cricket so far, including 19 centuries. Hashim Amla holds the record for fastest 6000 runs in ODI cricket. He did that in 123 innings. While Virat Kohli completed 6000 ODI runs in 136 innings. Babar still has a golden chance to surpass these two legendary batsmen.
Pakistan sweeps away opponents
Pakistan batted first in the third ODI against South Africa and scored a total of 308 runs. After that, the African team only scored 271 points and lost the game by 36 points according to the Duckworth-Lewis rules. Sam Ayub proved to be Pakistan’s biggest hero. He scored 101 points in the game. Apart from him, Sufyan Mukwem also took four important wickets. In addition to winning the match, Pakistan also swept the series.
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