PAK vs AUS 2nd ODI Full Highlights: After losing the first match of the three-match ODI series, Pakistan defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the second ODI at their home. Pakistan won the match unilaterally. There never came a moment when it felt like Australia was in the match. Sam Ayyub played the biggest innings of 82 runs for Pakistan while chasing. Haris Rauf opened his paws in bowling.
Right from winning the toss, everything went right for Pakistan in the match. After winning the toss, the Pakistan team decided to bowl, which proved to be very effective for them. Coming to bat first, host Australia was all out by Pakistani bowlers for just 163 runs in 35 overs. Steve Smith played the biggest innings for Australia, scoring 35 runs (48 balls) with the help of 5 fours and 1 six.
During this period, Haris Rauf took maximum 5 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets in his name. The remaining 1-1 wicket went to Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain. During this period, Rauf spent only 29 runs in 8 overs. For this brilliant performance, Rauf was awarded the title of ‘Player of the Match’.
Pakistan registered a one-sided victory by chasing
Australia had set a target of 164 runs in 50 overs for Pakistan to win. Pakistan easily achieved this target by scoring 169/1 runs in 26.3 overs.
During this time, Sam Ayyub and Abdullah Shafiq, who opened for the team, made a partnership of 137 (123 balls) for the first wicket. Pakistan got its first blow in the 21st over, when Sam Ayyub returned to the pavilion after scoring 82 runs in 71 balls with the help of 5 fours and 6 sixes.
Then for the second wicket, Abdullah Shafiq and Babar Azam made an unbroken partnership of 32 (37) runs and gave the team victory. During this, Shafiq scored 64 runs in 69 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas Babar scored 15 runs in 20 balls with the help of 1 six.
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