In a thrilling match, South Africa defeated Pakistan by one wicket

In a thrilling match, South Africa defeated Pakistan by one wicke

In the 26th match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023, South Africa defeated Pakistan by one wicket after a thrilling match.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the match played at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The entire Pakistan team was bowled out for 270 runs in the 47th over, thus giving the South African team a target of 271 runs. The South African team achieved the target for the loss of 9 wickets in 47.2 overs and defeated Pakistan for the first time in the World Cup after 1999.

This is Pakistan's fourth consecutive defeat in 6 matches in the mega event, the chances of the green shirts reaching the final four have become very difficult. South Africa's Aiden Markram played a brilliant knock of 91, during his presence on the wicket, Pakistan's chances of success were extremely low.

South Africa's David Miller scored 29 runs, Tamba Bavuma scored 28 runs and Quinton de Cook scored 24 runs. Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3 wickets for 45 runs while Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Osama Mir scored 62, 50 and 45 runs respectively to send 2, 2 South African players to the pavilion. The opening pair of green shirts, Abdullah Shafiq and Imamul Haq, returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs and 12 runs. At that time, the total score of the team was 38 runs.

After taking 2 wickets in the beginning, captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan made a partnership of 48 runs, Mohammad Rizwan left the field after scoring 31 runs off 27 balls on a total of 86. The fourth wicket of the green shirts fell on the score of 129, Iftikhar Ahmed returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs, the fifth wicket of the team fell on 141 by captain Babar Azam who was dismissed after scoring 50 runs. On the sixth wicket, Shadab Khan and Saud Shakeel added 84 runs to the total score, at a score of 225, Shadab Khan left the field after scoring 43 runs off 36 balls.

The Green Shirts' seventh out was Saud Shakeel, who returned to the pavilion with a 52-ball 52 for the team's total score of 240. Pakistan's eighth out batsman Shaheen Afridi was 2 runs, on 259 became Tabriz Shamsi's fourth wicket. The ninth wicket of the national team was the fall of Mohammad Nawaz, who scored 24 runs off 24 balls. Mohammad Wasim was the last batsman to get out and left the field after scoring only 7.

For South Africa, Tabriz Shamsi took 4 wickets, Marco Johnson 3 wickets, Gerald Coetzee 2 wickets and Ngi Ngidi 1 wicket. Earlier, talking after the toss, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, Babar Azam, said that two changes have been made in the playing eleven for today's match. Babar Azam had said that Hasan Ali and Osama Mir are not included in the team, Wasim Jr. and Mohammad Nawaz have been included in their place. He further said that this match is important for us, we will improve in all areas.

He further said that this match is important for us, we will improve in all areas. On this occasion, South African captain Temba Bavuma said that if we had won the toss, we would have batted first. We have made 3 changes in the team. Pakistan Team

South African team

Position of Pakistan and South Africa

Both the teams have played 5 and 5 matches in this World Cup so far, South Africa has won 4 matches and lost 1 match while Pakistan has won 2 matches and lost 3 matches. Currently, South Africa is second and Pakistan is sixth in the points table of the World Cup.