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Both batsmen were playing a good partnership. I was missing Abdullah Shafique, his batting is very good but currently, he is not in form and not performing with consistency but I hope he will recover his form in the next few games. In 9.2 overs in an attempt to make a six, Saim Ayub lost his wicket too. After that it was a show from Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan making a 100+ runs partnership.

In the last match and this time too Abdullah Shafique does not played well and lost his wicket early. Abdullah Shafique is good player no doubt but he needs to perform in every single game to be the part of the team.

When Pakistan were on 5 runs , Abdullah was out and all responsibilities shifted to Saim Ayub and also at the same time, everyone looking on Saim Ayub batting because in the previous game, he scored 100. Saim Ayub was batting in good strength at the early stages of the game and scored 25 in the 31 balls.
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South Africa needs 126 runs from 84 balls to win. South Africa's chances of winning this match are very low.
Right now South Africa need to win by batting in T20 style where they need to collect 125 runs from 80 balls. Heinrich Klassen remains unbeaten on 65 runs but only time will tell if he can be supported by someone at the other end. Marco Jansen could bat well but he can support Heinrich Klassen i.e. the next batsmen are not very experienced so it can be easily assumed that South Africa will not be able to meet the target of 330 runs given by Pakistan i.e. sure defeat.

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Finally Klassen missed Century 97..
Pakistan won by 81 runs

South Africa lost this match because of bad batting. If they batted responsibly, South Africa could have won this match. The pitch was not bowling friendly. Pakistan gave a big target. South Africa batted very slowly from the beginning of the match. Except Heinrich Klaasen, no other batsman performed well in this match. Klaasen batted at a strike rate of 131. Moreover, almost every batsman in the South African squad had a strike rate of less than 80. It is not possible to win by batting so slowly against a target of 330 runs.

We have seen bad batting by South Africa in both ODI matches. South Africa failed to perform well against Pakistani bowlers. Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4 wickets and Naseem Shah took 3 wickets. Also, Abrar Ahmed was able to take two wickets.
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None of Pakistan's players could score a century, but due to the good performance of all, Pakistan was able to accumulate 329 runs against South Africa in the first innings.  
329 runs is definitely enough to win and Pakistan have secured victory in this match against South Africa. Pakistan's victory in the first ODI match Pakistan's big win against South Africa in the second ODI match, that is, Pakistan sealed the series against South Africa with one match in hand.  
However, except for one South African batsman, if everyone had played with responsibility in this match, South Africa's score could have been higher, but it did not happen.

Scoring 329 against South African bowlers such as Marco Jansen, Kwena Maphaka and Tabraiz Shamsi by itself is an achievement. And an added sweetener is that this happened at the Newlands stadium, which is quite supportive of the bowlers normally. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan set the foundation for Pakistan, but if not for big hits from Kamran Ghulam towards the end Pakistan would have struggled to cross 300. For South Africa, Bjorn Fortuin was the only bowler who had a decent economy rate.

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Saim Ayub and Agha Salman had to score big in the first match. Although they could not play a big innings in today's match, these two batsmen batted badly. Babar Azam and Rizwan managed to score 73 and 80 runs. However, the most important innings was played by Kamran Ghulam. Ghulam scored 63 runs from just 32 balls.

In the first 10 overs, the Pakistan batsmen were playing in a friendly way with fours and dot balls. They were playing calmfully. Babar Azam firstly understood the pitch and read the boundaries then when the ball was in the slot he go for boundary. While Saim Ayub has just one motive to hit the ball further to get single or double as a part of plan or boundaries.

Both batsmen were playing a good partnership. I was missing Abdullah Shafique, his batting is very good but currently, he is not in form and not performing with consistency but I hope he will recover his form in the next few games. In 9.2 overs in an attempt to make a six, Saim Ayub lost his wicket too. After that it was a show from Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan making a 100+ runs partnership.


None of Pakistan's players could score a century, but due to the good performance of all, Pakistan was able to accumulate 329 runs against South Africa in the first innings.  
329 runs is definitely enough to win and Pakistan have secured victory in this match against South Africa. Pakistan's victory in the first ODI match Pakistan's big win against South Africa in the second ODI match, that is, Pakistan sealed the series against South Africa with one match in hand.  
However, except for one South African batsman, if everyone had played with responsibility in this match, South Africa's score could have been higher, but it did not happen.
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Saim Ayub and Agha Salman had to score big in the first match. Although they could not play a big innings in today's match, these two batsmen batted badly. Babar Azam and Rizwan managed to score 73 and 80 runs. However, the most important innings was played by Kamran Ghulam. Ghulam scored 63 runs from just 32 balls.

In the first 10 overs, the Pakistan batsmen were playing in a friendly way with fours and dot balls. They were playing calmfully. Babar Azam firstly understood the pitch and read the boundaries then when the ball was in the slot he go for boundary. While Saim Ayub has just one motive to hit the ball further to get single or double as a part of plan or boundaries.

Both batsmen were playing a good partnership. I was missing Abdullah Shafique, his batting is very good but currently, he is not in form and not performing with consistency but I hope he will recover his form in the next few games. In 9.2 overs in an attempt to make a six, Saim Ayub lost his wicket too. After that it was a show from Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan making a 100+ runs partnership.

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Today's 2nd ODI match of Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan team has already started. Afghanistan team came out to bat and set a target of 286 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. Zimbabwe team came out to bat and scored 54 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in 17.5 overs. Afghanistan team did very well in today's match with bowling and batting, due to which they won today's match by 232 runs.
Afghanistan's big win over Zimbabwe is commendable. However, today's match was a one-sided match. Enjoying such a one-sided match shows more annoyance than joy. In my opinion, in today's match, the Zimbabwean players should have batted patiently and reduced the gap a little. If the Zimbabwean players had batted patiently and reduced the gap a little in today's match, then this match would have been worth enjoying a little. The fact that Zimbabwe lost all its wickets for 54 runs in an ODI match is nothing but a joke.

Zimbabwe lost the match as they were playing they deserved to lose. Afghanistan made more than 280 as target then Zimbabwe came to bat and could not even score 70 to 80 runs, all out at 54 only  Shocked

Afghanistan bowlers were fully prepared for this match because from some of the previous games, Afghanistan felt a sense that they might lose 1 or 2 matches in between but at the end of the day they won all of the games except the first T20I match. Sediqullah Atal was named as the player of the match by scoring 104 in 128 balls and he got the reward for his hard work and effort. A new good player for Afghanistan is here.
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Although the Pakistani team lost all its wickets, their run-scoring list was quite ahead. Pakistani team players Babar Azam and Rizwan were the first to build a long partnership in today's match, and the next players started performing well. Siam Ayub and Shafiq entered the field as opening batsmen, but they could not last long, but the next pair did well.
 Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, and every bowler performed well. However, the Pakistani team won this match by the largest margin due to the performance of each player in both batting and bowling. The ODI series was won.
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Going into this situation, I never thought that the South African team would win, although they lost wickets very quickly in the last over, but besides that, there was no hope of them winning. As you said, if they had played this match thinking of it as a T20, then maybe they had a chance of winning towards the last over, but the Pakistani bowlers did not allow that to happen either. Grin

Anyway, it was good to see Pakistan win two consecutive ODIs against South Africa after a long time. Although I was doubtful whether they would win the first match, but in the second match when I saw their score go above 300, I was a little confident that Pakistan team will win this match. Anyway, there is no room to say that Pakistani bowlers and batsmen played well today in both formats.
To be honest till klassen and miller were on crease at that time I was not sure about Pakistan victory even pakistan has scored 300+, because at that time south African team requirement was 140+ runs on 100 which wasn't a tough Target for them the way these both perform in thier previous matches. also after they build 50 around partnership things were looking completely diverting in thier favor but then after miller and janson departure finally Pakistan back into the game

It's true that after long time Pakistan won back to back matches against south African team in ODI but I think credit will goes to player who played phenomenal also series victory against Australia quite help them alot to get back in form and regain thier confidence right before ODI format champions trophy and I think that's some how reason of thier handsome performances against south Africa
Especially David Miller and Henrik Klaasen staying intact at the wicket is a danger sign against any team especially when their batting becomes aggressive and any kind of big score does not make it difficult to meet the target. In today's match, Henrich Klaasen could support at one end but no one could give support at the other end, as a result, Henrik Klaasen was forced to be all out only because he did not give support despite performing well.

Yes it is true that the combination of Pakistani bowlers and batsmen made it possible to win the ODI series. But at the moment it is not possible to predict whether Pakistan will be able to beat South Africa who are at the top of the Tests. I think even if they win the series in ODIs, Pakistan may not be able to match South Africa in Tests.
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Going into this situation, I never thought that the South African team would win, although they lost wickets very quickly in the last over, but besides that, there was no hope of them winning. As you said, if they had played this match thinking of it as a T20, then maybe they had a chance of winning towards the last over, but the Pakistani bowlers did not allow that to happen either. Grin

Anyway, it was good to see Pakistan win two consecutive ODIs against South Africa after a long time. Although I was doubtful whether they would win the first match, but in the second match when I saw their score go above 300, I was a little confident that Pakistan team will win this match. Anyway, there is no room to say that Pakistani bowlers and batsmen played well today in both formats.
To be honest till klassen and miller were on crease at that time I was not sure about Pakistan victory even pakistan has scored 300+, because at that time south African team requirement was 140+ runs on 100 which wasn't a tough Target for them the way these both perform in thier previous matches. also after they build 50 around partnership things were looking completely diverting in thier favor but then after miller and janson departure finally Pakistan back into the game

It's true that after long time Pakistan won back to back matches against south African team in ODI but I think credit will goes to player who played phenomenal also series victory against Australia quite help them alot to get back in form and regain thier confidence right before ODI format champions trophy and I think that's some how reason of thier handsome performances against south Africa
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Right now South Africa need to win by batting in T20 style where they need to collect 125 runs from 80 balls. Heinrich Klassen remains unbeaten on 65 runs but only time will tell if he can be supported by someone at the other end. Marco Jansen could bat well but he can support Heinrich Klassen i.e. the next batsmen are not very experienced so it can be easily assumed that South Africa will not be able to meet the target of 330 runs given by Pakistan i.e. sure defeat.

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Finally Klassen missed Century 97..
Pakistan won by 81 runs
Going into this situation, I never thought that the South African team would win, although they lost wickets very quickly in the last over, but besides that, there was no hope of them winning. As you said, if they had played this match thinking of it as a T20, then maybe they had a chance of winning towards the last over, but the Pakistani bowlers did not allow that to happen either. Grin

Anyway, it was good to see Pakistan win two consecutive ODIs against South Africa after a long time. Although I was doubtful whether they would win the first match, but in the second match when I saw their score go above 300, I was a little confident that Pakistan team will win this match. Anyway, there is no room to say that Pakistani bowlers and batsmen played well today in both formats.
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South Africa needs 126 runs from 84 balls to win. South Africa's chances of winning this match are very low.
Right now South Africa need to win by batting in T20 style where they need to collect 125 runs from 80 balls. Heinrich Klassen remains unbeaten on 65 runs but only time will tell if he can be supported by someone at the other end. Marco Jansen could bat well but he can support Heinrich Klassen i.e. the next batsmen are not very experienced so it can be easily assumed that South Africa will not be able to meet the target of 330 runs given by Pakistan i.e. sure defeat.

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Finally Klassen missed Century 97..
Pakistan won by 81 runs
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South Africa bowler Kwena Maphaka bowled a costly spell giving 72 runs but they picked up 4 important wickets including the crucial wicket of Muhammad Rizwan at 80 runs. South Africa chased the target and lost his 4 wickets at 160 runs in 30 overs. South Africa needs 169 runs from 120 balls to win this match and stay alive in this series. from Pakistan Abrar Ahmad picked two important wickets and Shaheen Shah Afridi and Salam ali agha picked one, one wickets so far. from South Africa Heinrich Klaasen and dangerous David Millar is on the carees. Heinrich Klaasen is playing at 40 runs and David Miller is playing at 15 runs. This fifth wicket partnership is more than the 50 runs and match-winning for South Africa. Pakistani bowlers need to break this partnership if they want to win this match and series. South Africa is the favorite now to win this match because the required run rate is under 10 runs, and Heinrich Klaasen is on form to chase the target.

Heinrich Klaasen is batting brilliantly today. If David Miller had batted well, the match would have been more competitive. Pakistan team was able to give a big target of 330 runs. Kamran Ghulam's performance surprised everyone today. Kamran Ghulam batted very aggressively. Kamran Ghulam was able to score 63 runs from just 32 balls.

South Africa's top order players were batting quite slowly. At the same time, no batsman could play a big innings. Experienced batsman like Miller got out after scoring 29 runs from 39 balls. Heinrich Klaasen is unbeaten after scoring 65 runs from 53 balls. South Africa just lost their sixth wicket. South Africa scored 204 runs in 35.5 overs. South Africa needs 126 runs from 84 balls to win. South Africa's chances of winning this match are very low.
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South Africa has scored 158 runs in 29 overs. The team is batting very slowly. It is not possible to win by batting so slowly against a big target of 330 runs. Especially David Mille's batting is very slow. Miller has scored 13 runs from 22 balls. Heinrich Klassen has been able to score 39 runs from 36 balls. South Africa will have to score 178 runs in 21 overs. I know this is very difficult. They will have to score 8.2 runs per over. However, the two batsmen at the crease, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller, have the ability to bat at a smart strike rate. These two batsmen are capable of aggressive batting and are capable of playing big innings. So if these two batsmen can survive at the crease till the end, it will be challenging for Pakistan to win this match.
As strong as we saw the South African team perform against Pakistan in the T20 series, I feel that they are just as weak in this ODI series. Although I did not expect the South African team to lose to the Pakistan team in the ODI series, especially in the first match.

And if we talk about today's match, Pakistan's batting line-up really performed exceptionally, especially their lower order batsman Kamran Ghulam's 63 runs off just 32 balls, giving Pakistan a beautiful ending to their innings. However, currently the South African team is batting and they have scored only 203 runs for the loss of 6 wickets after 35 overs and 4 balls, while they still need to more  127 runs from 86 balls. And I think the Pakistan team will take all the wickets of the South African team before that.
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Today's 2nd ODI match of Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan team has already started. Afghanistan team came out to bat and set a target of 286 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. Zimbabwe team came out to bat and scored 54 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in 17.5 overs. Afghanistan team did very well in today's match with bowling and batting, due to which they won today's match by 232 runs.

There is no doubt that Afghanistan's team is very strong compared to Zimbabwe. The players of Afghanistan's squad are very experienced and the bowlers are capable of bowling well. Afghanistan also won the T20 series. Afghanistan could have won the first ODI match by a big margin. The match was spoiled due to rain. Zimbabwe lost 5 wickets before 10 overs in the first match. In the second match too, we saw Zimbabwe's terrible batting.

Zimbabwe's team was able to collect only 54 runs. Zimbabwe lost the match by a big margin of 232 runs. Every bowler of Afghanistan bowled well. However, M Ghazanfar and Naveed Zadran took three wickets each. Besides, Faruqi took three wickets by giving away 15 runs in 6 overs. Except Sikandar Raza, no one else in the Zimbabwe squad could do well. Sikandar Raaza was unbeaten on 19 runs.
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Brilliant Afghanistan keep things well under control as they bundled out Zimbabwe on just 54 which is another huge below for this country in second ODI of the series with having huge win 232 runs which give them lead in this series after having win in T20I series.

After win of toss Zimbabwe decided to bowl first we have impressive start by Afghanistan with worst every bowling from Zimbabwe which give 40 extra runs and also well punished by Sediqullah Atal and Abdul Malik this opening stand ended in 35th over with the score of 191 Sediqullah Atal have maiden century in this game and give good target for his bowler as well in 50 overs game 286.

In reply, we have no Zimbabwean batsman able to have anything for his team we have highs score by Sikandar Raza 19 with 9 batsmen gone on single digit now it's time for thinking and taking back full membership tag back from this Zimbabwean team.
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Today's 2nd ODI match of Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan team has already started. Afghanistan team came out to bat and set a target of 286 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. Zimbabwe team came out to bat and scored 54 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in 17.5 overs. Afghanistan team did very well in today's match with bowling and batting, due to which they won today's match by 232 runs.
What to say about this match there is no opportunity to comment. Sikandar Raja's personal 19 runs dropped, then what did the batsmen collect?
Sikandar Raja scored 19 runs and Williams scored 16 runs, i.e. the duo collected 35 runs while the remaining nine batsmen collected only 19 runs. Apart from Sikander Raja and Williams, no one else could touch the double digit. In other words, they were defeated by 232 runs while Afghanistan collected only 286 runs.
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Yes, South Africa's decision to bowl first is not giving benefit. Pakistan has played superbly so far the current score is 130 runs in a loss of just 2 wickets in 28 overs. Babar Azam playing well in second ODI match scores a well deserved half century currently batting at 59 runs. I hope Babar Azam convert into a hundred. while Muhammad Rizwan captain of Pakistan is playing well scores 43 runs from 60 balls, very closes to his fifty. The Third wicket partnership between Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam is more then 90 runs. from south Africa Marco Jansen and Kwena Maphaka pick one, one wickets. South Africa needs to break this partnership if they want to win this match and level the series with 1-1 but Pakistan bastman played outstanding So far and much likey to cross 280 plus runs target.



We did not see Pakistani players playing well in the T20 series. Pakistan lost both matches. However, Pakistan started well in the ODI series. Pakistan won the first match. In the second match, South Africa won the toss and decided to field. However, South Africa's bowlers could not bowl well. As a result, Pakistan was able to score big. Pakistani batsmen gave a big target of 330. We did not see South Africa's batsmen bat well in the first match. I think South Africa's chances of winning this match are low.

Saim Ayub and Agha Salman had to score big in the first match. Although they could not play a big innings in today's match, these two batsmen batted badly. Babar Azam and Rizwan managed to score 73 and 80 runs. However, the most important innings was played by Kamran Ghulam. Ghulam scored 63 runs from just 32 balls.

Maphaka and Janes took 4 and 3 wickets respectively today. However, these two batsmen gave a lot of runs. Maphaka gave away 72 runs in 10 overs and Marco Janes gave away 71 runs in 10 overs.
South Africa bowler Kwena Maphaka bowled a costly spell giving 72 runs but they picked up 4 important wickets including the crucial wicket of Muhammad Rizwan at 80 runs. South Africa chased the target and lost his 4 wickets at 160 runs in 30 overs. South Africa needs 169 runs from 120 balls to win this match and stay alive in this series. from Pakistan Abrar Ahmad picked two important wickets and Shaheen Shah Afridi and Salam ali agha picked one, one wickets so far. from South Africa Heinrich Klaasen and dangerous David Millar is on the carees. Heinrich Klaasen is playing at 40 runs and David Miller is playing at 15 runs. This fifth wicket partnership is more than the 50 runs and match-winning for South Africa. Pakistani bowlers need to break this partnership if they want to win this match and series. South Africa is the favorite now to win this match because the required run rate is under 10 runs, and Heinrich Klaasen is on form to chase the target.
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South Africa is batting at a big target. South Africa has batted well in the first 10 overs. But the team is under a lot of pressure at the moment. The chances of South Africa winning this match are very low now. If Heinrich Klaseen and Miller can bat well now, then South Africa has a slim chance of winning. But I don't think South Africa will win this match.

South Africa scored 67 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the first 10 overs. At the moment, South Africa has scored 115 runs in 22 overs. And South Africa has already lost four wickets. South Africa needs 215 more runs to win. If South Africa wants to win this match, the team will have to score more than 7.5 runs per over.

South Africa has scored 158 runs in 29 overs. The team is batting very slowly. It is not possible to win by batting so slowly against a big target of 330 runs. Especially David Mille's batting is very slow. Miller has scored 13 runs from 22 balls. Heinrich Klassen has been able to score 39 runs from 36 balls. South Africa will have to score 178 runs in 21 overs. I know this is very difficult. They will have to score 8.2 runs per over. However, the two batsmen at the crease, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller, have the ability to bat at a smart strike rate. These two batsmen are capable of aggressive batting and are capable of playing big innings. So if these two batsmen can survive at the crease till the end, it will be challenging for Pakistan to win this match.
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Yes, South Africa's decision to bowl first is not giving benefit. Pakistan has played superbly so far the current score is 130 runs in a loss of just 2 wickets in 28 overs. Babar Azam playing well in second ODI match scores a well deserved half century currently batting at 59 runs. I hope Babar Azam convert into a hundred. while Muhammad Rizwan captain of Pakistan is playing well scores 43 runs from 60 balls, very closes to his fifty. The Third wicket partnership between Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam is more then 90 runs. from south Africa Marco Jansen and Kwena Maphaka pick one, one wickets. South Africa needs to break this partnership if they want to win this match and level the series with 1-1 but Pakistan bastman played outstanding So far and much likey to cross 280 plus runs target.



We did not see Pakistani players playing well in the T20 series. Pakistan lost both matches. However, Pakistan started well in the ODI series. Pakistan won the first match. In the second match, South Africa won the toss and decided to field. However, South Africa's bowlers could not bowl well. As a result, Pakistan was able to score big. Pakistani batsmen gave a big target of 330. We did not see South Africa's batsmen bat well in the first match. I think South Africa's chances of winning this match are low.

Saim Ayub and Agha Salman had to score big in the first match. Although they could not play a big innings in today's match, these two batsmen batted badly. Babar Azam and Rizwan managed to score 73 and 80 runs. However, the most important innings was played by Kamran Ghulam. Ghulam scored 63 runs from just 32 balls.

Maphaka and Janes took 4 and 3 wickets respectively today. However, these two batsmen gave a lot of runs. Maphaka gave away 72 runs in 10 overs and Marco Janes gave away 71 runs in 10 overs.

South Africa is batting at a big target. South Africa has batted well in the first 10 overs. But the team is under a lot of pressure at the moment. The chances of South Africa winning this match are very low now. If Heinrich Klaseen and Miller can bat well now, then South Africa has a slim chance of winning. But I don't think South Africa will win this match.

South Africa scored 67 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the first 10 overs. At the moment, South Africa has scored 115 runs in 22 overs. And South Africa has already lost four wickets. South Africa needs 215 more runs to win. If South Africa wants to win this match, the team will have to score more than 7.5 runs per over.
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Pakistan's batting looks like they will be able to win the 2nd match very easily. After the fall of Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique's wickets, there was an impact on the team, but it did not last long. Babar Azam is supporting the team a lot. Along with Mohammad Rizwan, he is also trying. At the moment, I think the team's position is quite good. If a big partnership is formed between these two batsmen, then I think Pakistan will win today's match too. Pakistan lost the series in the last T20 series, but they will try to avenge that series loss by winning the T20 series. Babar Azam is trying to play a big innings today, perhaps he will be the best performer today. To win, I definitely think an innings of 300+ runs will have to be played, otherwise it will be difficult to predict who will win.

Today every single batsman for Pakistan was performing, which was so good for the team. Finally, after a long period, Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan both played nicely. When Babar Azam was out on 73 he could not believe it because when he hit that shot the ball speed was too fast and it was like impossible for any fielder to catch it  but Markram did not miss this golden chance to get Babar Azam wicket, he picked it up and a huge celebration from the South African side.
Muhammad Rizwan missed a century. I had expected from his batting that he would survive till the end today but suddenly he could not even imagine that the bowler would catch his ball. In today's match, everyone except Shafique in the top order has been able to score runs, which is why they will be ahead to win today. Moreover, South Africa lost 3 wickets before reaching 100, which is why winning the match will be a bit difficult for them. The biggest problem in the South African team at the moment is that they have not been able to build any partnership. If the team does not build a big partnership, then the defeat will be almost certain.
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