Pakistan played the 200th match as the first team in international T20 today. They won that milestone match with an extraordinary victory. Babar Azam's team beat England by 3 runs to level the 7-match series 2-2.
The victory has also come in a great way. Of course, this is how Pakistan wins. Chasing a target of 167 runs, England needed 33 runs in the last 3 overs. On the other hand, Pakistan needed 3 wickets. Standing in front of such an equation, Pakistan captain Babar Azam handed the ball over to Mohammad Hasnain. But the first 4 balls scored by Hasnain almost knocked Pakistan out of the match. 1 six and 3 fours, Liam Dawson picked up 18 runs in the first 4 balls.
But the name of the team is Pakistan! Pakistan came back incredibly in the last 2 overs. Haris Rauf's 19th over brought Pakistan back into the match. Rauf gave only 5 runs in that over, returning Pakistan's throat cut Dawson. England needed 4 runs in the last over, but the Babars won by 3 runs when Rhys Topley was run out in the last over by Mohammad Wasim.
After losing the toss in Karachi, Rizwan went into bat and attacked the bowlers from the start. Liam Dawson's second ball of the innings starts with a boundary through square leg. 5 of the first 5 boundaries of Pakistan's innings came from Rizwan's bat. On the other hand, Babar continued to play. This duo, who have been criticized for their speed of scoring runs, scored 52 runs in the powerplay.
Babar-Rizwan shared the record of highest half-hundred runs (14) of Rohit Sharma and Lokesh Rahul as an opening pair with an average of 50 runs. Although Babar-Rizwan had to play five more innings than Rohit-Rahul. They had to play 38 innings to make a pair of 14 half-centuries. It took 38 innings for Rohit-Rahul there.
After playing an innings of 36 runs from 28 balls, Babar returned to the time of the team's 97 runs. Then Rizwan made a partnership of 52 runs from 40 balls with Shan Masood. Rizwan finally got out with 88 off 67 balls. Pakistan scored 166 runs for 4 wickets. Reece Topley took 2 wickets for 37 runs for England.
Seeing Moeen Ali, Babar also bowled the first over of the innings to Mohammad Nawaz. Liam Dawson did not succeed but Nawaz succeeded. Peter Salt got off to a great start with two boundaries in the first three balls but was caught at mid-wicket by Mohammad Wasim in the fourth ball. The next over starts with a boundary. However, Usman Qadir's great catch at short mid-wicket forced Alex Hales to return on the very next ball. Will Jacques, who debuted in the current series, returned to 0 runs in that over of Hasnain.
Ben Duckett and Harry Brook, who lost 3 wickets for 14 runs, made a pair of 43 runs. However, Nawaz, who brought Pakistan a wicket in the first over, broke the pair. Captain Moeen and Brooke's 49-run partnership put England on the road to victory. However, Nawaz broke the pair again and brought Pakistan back into the match. England were eventually all out for 163 runs.
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