Pakistan vs Australia ODI Series: The Pakistani team defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the second ODI match and leveled the three-match ODI series 1-1. Haris Rauf, Sam Ayub and Shaheen Afridi performed well for Pakistan in this match. It is thanks to these players that the Pakistani team has managed to win the match. Australia gave Pakistan a target of 163 runs to win, which Pakistan easily achieved thanks to half-centuries from Abdulla Shafiq and Sam Ayub.
Pakistani team did wonders
This is Pakistan’s 41st victory in ODI matches on Australian soil. With this, the Pakistani team has become the first Asian team to win more than 40 ODI matches in Australia and has broken India’s record. India had won a total of 40 ODI matches on Australian soil. Now the Pakistani team has gone ahead of the Indian team. The Sri Lankan team is ranked number three. Lanka has won a total of 29 matches on Australian soil.
Teams that have won the most ODI matches on Australian soil:
Pakistan- 41
India- 40
Sri Lanka-29
Bangladesh- 2
Haris Rauf took 5 wickets
Haris Rauf played spectacularly in the match against Australia. He took 5 wickets for 29 runs in his 8 overs. He completely destroyed the Australian batting order. The Australian batsmen in front of them couldn’t even stay in the crease let alone score runs. He managed to impress everyone with his bowling. Apart from him, Shaheen Afridi took three wickets. Against these players, the entire Australian team was reduced to 163 runs. Steve Smith scored the highest 35 runs.
Two Pakistan batsmen scored half-centuries
After this, Sam Ayub (82 runs) and Abdullah Shafiq (64 runs) gave a good start to the Pakistani team in chasing the target. These players made a partnership of 137 runs for the first wicket. Babar Azam scored 15 runs. Pakistan had no problem pursuing the target.
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