2 players snatched victory from South Africa, PAK overturned in the last over

New Delhi. Pakistan has started the South Africa tour with a win in the ODI series. In the first ODI played in Paarl, in a match that lasted till the last over, Pakistan defeated the hosts by 3 wickets with 3 balls to spare and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Openers Sam Ayub and Salman were the architects of Pakistan’s victory in the last 22 years. While Sam scored a century, Salman played a valuable unbeaten half-century to give Pakistan a thrilling victory. In this match, big stars like captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam failed, while 22-year-old young opener Sam emerged as a super star. While Sam took the responsibility in the top order, Salman gave a charismatic performance in the middle order.

Chasing the target of 240 runs set by South Africa, Pakistan team won the match by scoring 242 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Pakistan’s start was not good. At the score of 60, he/she lost the wickets of 4 top order batsmen which included the wickets of Abdullah Shafiq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Kamran Ghulam. Marco Yanese did not even allow Shafiq to open his/her account while Babar Azam was out after scoring 23 runs. One run came off Rizwan’s bat while Ghulam returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 runs.

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Sam Ayub and Salman made a partnership of 141 runs
After the initial setbacks, Saim Ayub took over the innings along with Salman Agha. There was a partnership of 141 runs between the two batsmen for the fifth wicket. Sam Ayub scored 109 runs in 119 balls with the help of 10 fours and three sixes, while Salman scored unbeaten 82 runs in 90 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Make. Ayub scored the second century of his/her ODI career while this was the fifth half-century of Salman’s ODI career.

Klaasen played a classic innings for South Africa
Earlier, South Africa scored 239 runs for 9 wickets on the basis of wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen’s inning of 86 runs. Klaasen added to his/her innings by coming into the middle order and hitting 7 fours and 2 sixes in 97 balls. Openers Rickleton were out after scoring 36 runs and De Georgie was out after scoring 33 runs. Captain Aiden Markram scored 35 runs. Salman Agha took maximum 4 wickets for Pakistan.

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