Pakistan has set a target of 196 runs for Zimbabwe in the tri-nation T20 series being played in Rawalpindi today, Sunday.
The match was quite interesting due to the excellent performance of the Pakistani batsmen. Captain Babar Azam played a brilliant innings of 74 runs off 52 balls, while Sahibzada Farhan also scored 63 runs to give the team a strong position. In Pakistan’s innings, Saim Ayub was dismissed for 13 and Faheem Ashraf for 03 without scoring. In Zimbabwe’s bowling, Sikandar Raza showed an excellent performance and took 2 wickets.
Pakistan’s victory in the match will take the team to the final of the T20 series. Both the batting line and the bowling line of the Pakistani team look strong, and the fans are expecting an interesting and thrilling match. Talking after winning the toss, national team captain Salman Ali Agha said that the Zimbabwe team is playing good cricket, but the Pakistan team will try to play its best game today after its excellent performance against Sri Lanka in the previous match.
It should be noted that Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in the third match of the tri-nation T20 series, where the national team’s opening batsman, Sahibzada Farhan, played an unbeaten innings of 80 runs. Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by five wickets in the first match of the tri-nation T20 series on Tuesday. Batting first, Zimbabwe set a target of 148 runs, which Pakistan achieved for the loss of five wickets.
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