Pakistan Clinch T20 Series Against Zimbabwe

WEB DESK: Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe in the third T20 match and clinched the three-match series.

Zimbabwe gave the hosts a 130-run target to win the third T20, which the Green Shirts easily achieved in the 16th over at a loss of 2 wickets.

In the match played at Rawalpindi Stadium, Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first.

Zimbabwe’s innings

Brendon Taylor and Chi Baba started disappointing inning for Zimbabwe. Taylor scored 8 runs and fell victim to Emad Wasim.

Thanks to the excellent bowling of leg spinners Usman Qadir and Emad Wasim, however the visitors managed to score 129 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.

For Zimbabwe, skipper Chi Baba scored 31 and Donald Trypano scored 28.

For Green Shirts, spinner Usman Qadir took 4 wickets for 13 runs, while Emad Wasim took 2 wickets.

Match Summary!

Zimbabwe: 129-9 (20 ov)

Pakistan: 130-2 (15.2 ov)

Result: Pakistan won by 8 wickets

Scorecard: https://t.co/14t0oHiefn#HarHaalMainCricket

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Pakistan’s innings

In pursuit of Zimbabwe’s 130-run target, Fakhr Zaman and Abdullah Shafiq started the innings for the Green Shirts and shared 39-runs.

Fakhr Zaman was dismissed for 21, while Haider Ali scored 27 runs.

After that Khushdal Shah came and played an aggressive inning and added 36 runs quick runs with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours, while Abdullah Shafiq also remained unbeaten on 41 runs.

Thanks to the responsible innings of Abdullah Shafiq and Khushdal Shah, Pakistan achieved the target in the 16th over at a loss of 2 wickets and thus defeated Zimbabwe by 8 wickets in the third T20.

With this victory, the Green Shirts made a clean sweep in a series of three T20 matches.

Pakistan’s league spinner Usman Qadir was named man of the match and man of the series.

Earlier, Pakistan had won the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe 1-2.