T20 World Cup 2022: Pakistan is taking on South Africa in their fourth game of the T20 World Cup 2022 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. They need to win this game in order to keep their hopes alive in the competition. South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first. For Pakistan, Fakhar Zaman was injured and ruled out of the competition.
It was young wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris who came into the team in his place. In an important game, Pakistan needed an important performance from their two openers. But it didn’t happen again. Both Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Babar Azam were dismissed for a single-digit score once again, and Pakistan struggled at the start.
Babar made a 15-ball six, while Rizwan got out in the first over for 4 off 4. Haris played a few shots and got out for 11-ball 28 runs. Shan Masood (2) fell cheaply.
T20 World Cup: Twitter reacts to another failures of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan
Pakistan was struggling at 43/4 in 6.3 overs at one stage. But after that, the lower middle-order helped them pretty well. Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz added a 52-run stand for the fifth wicket. Nawaz made 28 off 22, while Iftikhar scored 51 off 35 balls. In the end, a brilliant cameo from Shadab Khan helped Pakistan reach a competitive total of 185/9 in 20 overs.
Shadab made a 20-ball fifty and scored 52 off 22 balls, with three fours and four sixes. It was a good recovery from the Men in Green, but fans didn’t forget the failure from both openers. Twitter mocks both Babar and Rizwan for their poor form.