Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 03, 2022, 05:59 PM
T20 World Cup 2022: In the 36th match of the T20 World Cup, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 33 runs. With this win, the team still remains in the race for the semi-finals. Batting first, Pakistan scored 185 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Most runs came from the bat of Shadab Khan, he played an innings of 52 runs in 22 balls. During this, Shadab hit 4 sixes and 3 fours. At the same time, Iftikhar Ahmed scored 51 runs in 35 balls. Enrique Nortya took the highest 4 wickets for South Africa.In response, South Africa scored 69 runs in 9 overs for the loss of 4 wickets, when the match was stopped due to rain and according to the Duckworth-Lewis rule, the target of 142 runs in 14 overs was met and the African team could only score 108 runs for 9 wickets.Pakistan can still reach the semi-finals...Pakistan's next match is against Bangladesh on 6 November. If Pakistan team wins this match too, then it will get 6 points. It was only a matter of the victory that Pakistan still needed. Now let's talk about the miracle, which if it does not happen then Pakistan team cannot reach the last four. If this miracle happens in any one of the two matches, then Babar Azam's team will reach the semi-finals.These two matches are South Africa V/S Netherlands and India V/S Zimbabwe. If either South Africa or India lose their last match, then Pakistan will reach the semi-finals in case they win over Bangladesh.South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Riley Russo, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tabariz Shamsi.Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.