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Quote from: JSRAW on April 04, 2021, 03:46:36 AM

Arey when did this Temba Bavuma guy become South Africa captain? Is he captaining for this particular tour or its a real deal for the proteas. He only played 8 ODI and got the chance of leading the team, great.. Just great!

Yup Temba Bavuma is the young South african captain . In recent times, he is the first black African cricketer to be the captain for South Africa.
Previously they had an era where they had Hansie Cronje, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla and other white people as their captain. Will this be the beginning of a new era for south africa ?

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I am looking forward to the all important 2nd ODI match today between Pakistan and South Africa in Johannesburg. Pakistan has a good chance to win this series as previously they had tough time and struggle for Pakistan to win series in South Africa. It will be a big moment for the team and i think Baber Azam batting will play a major role for this to happen.

If only Babar azam is consistent with his batting you can be rest assured Pakistan will win the series. The biggest problem with this team is its inconsistency hence, it is too early for speculating a series win for pakistan. South Africa is not that weak as it looks like they do have preety good batsmen but they lack good bowlers at the moment.

I don't think Alone baber Azam can save Pakistan today. The way south africa are playing, it look like they will easily score 300+ runs today. This would create a lot of pressure in pakistani camp and their batting is not capable to handling the batting pressure. I think pakistan should have batted first in the match. Undecided

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Arey when did this Temba Bavuma guy become South Africa captain? Is he captaining for this particular tour or its a real deal for the proteas. He only played 8 ODI and got the chance of leading the team, great.. Just great!

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Quote from: UmerIdrees on April 04, 2021, 01:58:05 AM

I am looking forward to the all important 2nd ODI match today between Pakistan and South Africa in Johannesburg. Pakistan has a good chance to win this series as previously they had tough time and struggle for Pakistan to win series in South Africa. It will be a big moment for the team and i think Baber Azam batting will play a major role for this to happen.

If only Babar azam is consistent with his batting you can be rest assured Pakistan will win the series. The biggest problem with this team is its inconsistency hence, it is too early for speculating a series win for pakistan. South Africa is not that weak as it looks like they do have preety good batsmen but they lack good bowlers at the moment.

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I am looking forward to the all important 2nd ODI match today between Pakistan and South Africa in Johannesburg. Pakistan has a good chance to win this series as previously they had tough time and struggle for Pakistan to win series in South Africa. It will be a big moment for the team and i think Baber Azam batting will play a major role for this to happen.

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Pakistan on the other hand has the reputation to win close matches in the past but the only issue is that they are not consistent in their performance, one day they play like champions the next day they play as if they do not belong in the tournament.

I do not remember Pakistan winning close matches outside the sub continent but one thing i can say is that i did not expect Pakistan winning the match against South Africa in their own turf and i am curious to see whether Pakistan can follow up with that victory and win again and i am not denying Babar Azam as he is an exceptional talent and the ease in which he was finding the gaps was incredible.

10-15 years ago, maybe your assumption would have been right. Right now South Africa is a shadow of its former self. On top of that, there are a lot of internal issues within the team, related to the selection policy and others. So actually I was expecting an advantage with Pakistan in this series and the first match proved me right. But I never expected the sudden collapse from the Pakistanis (186/1 to 203/5).

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Quote from: eaLiTy on April 03, 2021, 03:55:36 PM

Pakistan on the other hand has the reputation to win close matches in the past but the only issue is that they are not consistent in their performance, one day they play like champions the next day they play as if they do not belong in the tournament.

I do not remember Pakistan winning close matches outside the sub continent but one thing i can say is that i did not expect Pakistan winning the match against South Africa in their own turf and i am curious to see whether Pakistan can follow up with that victory and win again and i am not denying Babar Azam as he is an exceptional talent and the ease in which he was finding the gaps was incredible.

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Quote from: RamBahadur.Gurung on April 03, 2021, 11:49:52 AM

The advantage for Pakistan was that South Africa chokes even more in such situations. The South African bowlers took 4 quick wickets and that put Pakistan in trouble. But after that they surprisingly gave away the advantage. One more wicket at that point could have changed the outcome of the match.

South Africa has a reputation of chocking in tight situations but that was in high profile ICC tournaments and it started when they returned to International tournaments in 1992 World Cup and they did not choke that time but they were extremely unlucky because of a shady calculation for rain interruption during that tournament and that unlucky demon followed in the rest of the world cups and major tournaments as well.

Pakistan on the other hand has the reputation to win close matches in the past but the only issue is that they are not consistent in their performance, one day they play like champions the next day they play as if they do not belong in the tournament.

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Quote from: RamBahadur.Gurung on April 03, 2021, 11:49:52 AM

The advantage for Pakistan was that South Africa chokes even more in such situations. The South African bowlers took 4 quick wickets and that put Pakistan in trouble. But after that they surprisingly gave away the advantage. One more wicket at that point could have changed the outcome of the match.

I think both the teams are too much weak and needs a lot of grooming. After seeing the first match, we cannot say which team performed well than the other. We can only compare which team made less mistakes. I think both the teams lacks the mental strength which is very important if you want to win matches.

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Quote from: UmerIdrees on April 03, 2021, 10:48:08 AM

That would have been worse if the Pakistani team has lost the match when they were in a good winning situation. Anyways the win is a win. no matter how it comes and it will bring confidence for them in the next match too. Now South Africa will be under pressure playing the do and die match to save the series in their home ground.

Good that Pakistan managed to win in the end. Else we would have seen a repeat of this:

The advantage for Pakistan was that South Africa chokes even more in such situations. The South African bowlers took 4 quick wickets and that put Pakistan in trouble. But after that they surprisingly gave away the advantage. One more wicket at that point could have changed the outcome of the match.

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Fine drama in last 2 overs, it looked like both team wanted to throw the game from the strong position. Its really hard to be a pakistani fan, pata nahi kitne heart attack dete hai yeh.

You have to wait for the last ball to be sure if Pakistani are a winner or not. They need only 3 runs in the last over and they did not score a single run in the first 4 balls of the last over making the equation as difficult as 3 runs from 2 balls. Undecided

Those who bet on a pakistani team win would surely had the heart attack in that last over.

If they had lost the match then these two guys would have been in the headlines of all the mainstream media channels in Pakistan. That was a very close finish. Another record was created yesterday now Babar azam holds the recored of fastest 13 century overtaking amla and Kohli.

That would have been worse if the Pakistani team has lost the match when they were in a good winning situation. Anyways the win is a win. no matter how it comes and it will bring confidence for them in the next match too. Now South Africa will be under pressure playing the do and die match to save the series in their home ground.

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Quote from: UmerIdrees on April 03, 2021, 12:49:05 AM

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Fine drama in last 2 overs, it looked like both team wanted to throw the game from the strong position. Its really hard to be a pakistani fan, pata nahi kitne heart attack dete hai yeh.

You have to wait for the last ball to be sure if Pakistani are a winner or not. They need only 3 runs in the last over and they did not score a single run in the first 4 balls of the last over making the equation as difficult as 3 runs from 2 balls. Undecided

Those who bet on a pakistani team win would surely had the heart attack in that last over.

If they had lost the match then these two guys would have been in the headlines of all the mainstream media channels in Pakistan. That was a very close finish. Another record was created yesterday now Babar azam holds the recored of fastest 13 century overtaking amla and Kohli.

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Quote from: JSRAW on April 02, 2021, 11:36:47 AM

Fine drama in last 2 overs, it looked like both team wanted to throw the game from the strong position. Its really hard to be a pakistani fan, pata nahi kitne heart attack dete hai yeh.

You have to wait for the last ball to be sure if Pakistani are a winner or not. They need only 3 runs in the last over and they did not score a single run in the first 4 balls of the last over making the equation as difficult as 3 runs from 2 balls. Undecided

Those who bet on a pakistani team win would surely had the heart attack in that last over.

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Quote from: JSRAW on April 02, 2021, 11:36:47 AM

Fine drama in last 2 overs, it looked like both team wanted to throw the game from the strong position. Its really hard to be a pakistani fan, pata nahi kitne heart attack dete hai yeh.

Pakistan do have a habit of losing close matches, and that too from a winning position. However this time they managed to win, thanks to the composure shown by Faheem Ashraf in the final over and the incompetence of the South African captain and the bowler. Pakistan were 186/1 at one stage, before collapsing to 203/5. Their middle order was just clueless against the raw pace of Anrich Nortje. But Nortje didn't got any support from the other bowlers.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on April 02, 2021, 11:34:44 AM

What an amazing match... in the end Pakistan managed to win with 0 balls remaining.

Pakistan always like to surprise the cricket fans, i was watching the last overs and i was thinking about betting on South Africa to win the match as you never know when Pakistan would collapse after some strong performance and once the last over started i thought they are going to mess this one as they lost a wicket and then the player who was batting was leaving the ball Grin

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I thought for a moment that the match was fixed and hence they are playing according to their plans leaving the ball when the match situation is really tight rather than rotating the strike and win the game rather they extended the game to the last ball which was insane Cheesy

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Fine drama in last 2 overs, it looked like both team wanted to throw the game from the strong position. Its really hard to be a pakistani fan, pata nahi kitne heart attack dete hai yeh.

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What an amazing match... in the end Pakistan managed to win with 0 balls remaining. The partnership between Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq provided a strong base for Pakistani chase, but then quick wickets by Anrich Nortje put them in backfoot. Temba Bavuma's first outing as the white-ball captain ends with a loss. BTW, did anyone noticed the jersey of both the teams? They looked so similar and I had difficulty in differentiating both the teams.

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Pakistan needs another 56 runs in next 54 balls in order to win. PAK have five wickets in hand, for now the remaining target easily attainable. But, before that Terrific innings made by Babar Azam, which is absolutely brilliant. His pull and drive are a treat to watch.

Pakistan should win the match as they need just 36 runs from 42 balls but since Pakistan is known to give us surprises you cannot fully believe that they can score the winnings runs as i have seen them loosing wickets in a pile and turn the match upside down. Babar Azam played an incredible innings along with Imam ul Haq and Rassie van der Dussen played the lone innings for South Africa and now a days if you see a total below 300 runs it looks like a achievable target Cheesy

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Quote from: UmerIdrees on April 02, 2021, 09:29:34 AM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on April 02, 2021, 05:48:16 AM

South Africa seems to be recovering from the collapse they had in their ODI match against South Africa.

I think you mean South Africa against Pakistan.

Even though south africa recovered well and managed to make 274 runs but it seems that these runs are not enough as Pakistan are 138 runs in only 26 overs and can easily win this match.

Pakistan needs 55 runs from 51 balls they still have wickets and they can easily win this match. Khan and Rizwan need to stick to the wicket till the end. If Pakistan loses any wicket now then SA will have the upper hand. It was because of Rassie van der Dussen and David Miller that SA was able to score 273. Overall an interesting match and I expect it to be a close one too in the end.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on April 02, 2021, 05:48:16 AM

South Africa seems to be recovering from the collapse they had in their ODI match against South Africa.

I think you mean South Africa against Pakistan.

Even though south africa recovered well and managed to make 274 runs but it seems that these runs are not enough as Pakistan are 138 runs in only 26 overs and can easily win this match.

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