Batters Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan took Pakistan to an enormous whole in opposition to South Africa of their Super 12 Group 2 conflict of the continued T20 World Cup, on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday. After opting to bat first, the Babar Azam-led aspect was struggling at 95/5 in 13.0 overs. Later, Iftikhar and Shadab smashed their respective half centuries and helped the workforce to achieve the whole of 185/9 after 20.0 overs. Apart from stitching a superb 85-run partnership with Shadab, Iftikhar utterly bamboozled everybody, as he hit the largest six of the match to this point.

In the sixteenth over, Proteas pacer Lungi Ngidi was hit for 106 metre six by Iftikhar, who was batting at 33. The Pakistan batter positioned his shot over the deep sq. leg and ball went straight into the gang. Shadab additionally appreciated his fellow teammate for the huge six and the viewers was left spell certain.

The issues went worse for Ngidi as he ended up leaking 15 runs in that over and Pakistan bought an higher hand within the recreation.

Coming to the match, Pakistan misplaced wickets in fast succession as Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Mohammad Haris had been dismissed inside 6 overs. South Africa went on to scalp the wickets of Shan Masood and Mohammad Nawaz earlier than Iftikhar and Shadab anchored the innings.

Iftikhar smashed 51 runs off 35 balls whereas Shadab performed a blistering knock of 52 runs off 22 balls as they helped Pakistan attain a complete of 185/9. For South Africa, Anrich Nortje was the decide among the many bowlers as he scalped 4 wickets. Apart from him, Wayne Parnell, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, and Tabraiz Shamsi scalped one wicket every.

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