Australia defeated Pakistan by 13 runs in the second T20. With this the team took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. On Saturday in Sydney, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 147 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Matthew Short scored the highest score of 32 runs. Haris Rauf got 4 wickets.
In reply, Pakistan team was all out for 134 runs in 19.4 overs. Usman Khan played an inning of 52 runs. Irfan Khan scored 37 runs. Kangaroos won this match on the basis of Spencer Johnson's five wickets. He was chosen player of the match for his excellent bowling. In the first match, Pakistan lost by 29 runs.
Fact- Haris Rauf, who took 4 wickets, had the best bowling in T20 International against Kangaroo team in Australia.
English out for zero, Rauf gets 4 wickets
Australia's first wicket fell in the form of Jack Fraser who was out after scoring 20 runs on 9 balls. Captain Josh English could not even open the account and was out on the score of zero. Both of them were dismissed by Haris Rauf.
Abbas Afridi gave the third blow to the Kangaroo team and he bowled out Matthew Short for 32 runs. Marcus Stoinis was out after scoring 14 runs in this match. Glenn Maxwell played an inning of 21 runs. He was dismissed by Sufiyan Muqeem.
Tim David was dismissed by Haris Rauf on 18 runs. Xavier Bartlett was out on 5 runs. For Pakistan, Haris Rauf took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs, while Abbas Afridi took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs, while Sufiyan Muqeem got two wickets.
Babar scored 3 runs, Usman's fifty
Babar came to open with Rizwan in this match for Pakistan. But his poor form continued and he was out after scoring 3 runs. Sahibzada Farhan was out on the score of 5 runs. Captain Rizwan was out on 16 runs and Agha Salman was out on zero in the same over of Spencer Johnson.
Usman Khan played a brilliant inning of 52 runs in 38 balls. He hit 4 fours and 1 six in the innings. Abbas Afridi was out after scoring 4 runs. Zampa dismissed Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah in the same over with a score of zero.
Irfan Khan batted brilliantly in the last overs but could not lead Pakistan to victory. He played an innings of 37 runs on 28 balls. Spencer Johnson took 5 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs and was also the most successful bowler of the team.
Playing XI of both the teams
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper/captain), Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Aga Salman, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Sufiyan Muqim.
Australia: Josh English (wicketkeeper/captain), Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa and Spencer Johnson.
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