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In the second warm-up match of ICC T20 World Cup 2021, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets.
Lacking practice, the Pakistani cricket team lost in the second warm-up. In the second and final warm-up match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets after a thrilling contest. The match was decided on the last ball of the last over. The magic of Pakistani bowlers could not work on the batsmen of South Africa
The postponement of the tour of New Zealand and England before the tournament did not give Pakistani cricket a chance to practice cricket at the international level, which led to the defeat against South Africa
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In the match played at Dubai Cricket Stadium yesterday, Pakistan scored 186 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and gave South Africa a target of 187 runs to win. Earlier, South Africa captain Tamba Bhuma decided to field first to win the toss
In response to Pakistan’s innings, South Africa did not have a good start and their first two players, Quentin de Kock and Hendrick Klaassen, were dismissed for 6 and 14, respectively
However, the batsmen who came later showed responsibility and batted well and led the team to victory. South African batsman Van der Dawson played a brilliant game and scored a century off 51 balls. Other notable batsmen were Tamba Bhuma who scored 46 runs
Shaheen Shah Afridi and Emad Wasim took 2 wickets each for Pakistan
Earlier, in the first warm-up match on October 18, Pakistan had defeated West Indies by 7 wickets. Pakistan achieved the target of 130 runs for the loss of 3 wickets
Cricket pundits say the postponement of the tour of New Zealand and England had caused a lot of damage to Pakistani cricket as the postponement of the tour of both the teams did not give Pakistan the opportunity to play international level cricket which Pakistan needed
He said the ICC T20 World Cup was in full swing when the New Zealand and England teams canceled the tour. He said that Pakistan will play its first match of the T20 World Cup against India on Sunday, which is being considered as the favorite team of the tournament
Cricket pundits say Pakistan needs to start the mega event with a win to ease the pressure on them. Weaknesses in the bowling department have to be overcome, as Pakistani fans are expecting good cricket from the national team against India
