Chennai (India) : Oct 27 : Despite the best efforts of Pakistani bowlers, South Africa won the match against Pakistan by one wicket after a thrilling match. In the 26th match of the World Cup 2023, South Africa scored 271 runs for 9 wickets in 42 overs.
Africa defeated Pakistan by one wicket. The South African team achieved the target for the loss of 9 wickets in 47.2 overs and defeated Pakistan for the first time in the World Cup after 1999.
Earlier in the match being played at Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first against South Africa. Pakistan’s entire team was bowled out for 270 runs in the 47th over, thus giving the South African team a target of 271 runs. Pakistan’s opening duo Abdullah Shafiq and Imamul Haq returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs and 12 runs. At that time, the total score of the team was 38 runs.
After taking 2 wickets in the beginning, captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan formed a partnership of 48 runs, Mohammad Rizwan scored 31 runs off 27 balls and left the field on a total of 86. Pakistan’s fourth wicket fell on the score of 129, Iftikhar Ahmed. Returned to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs, captain Babar Azam fell for the fifth wicket of the team on 141, who was dismissed after scoring 50 runs. On the sixth wicket, Shadab Khan and Saud Shakeel added 84 runs to the total score, with Shadab Khan leaving the field after scoring 43 runs off 36 balls at a score of 225.
When the team returned to the pavilion after playing the turn of runs, the total score of the team was 240 runs. Pakistan’s eighth batsman Shaheen Afridi was 2 runs, the fourth wicket of Tabriz Shamsi on a score of 259. Pakistan’s ninth wicket fell on a score of 268 to Mohammad Nawaz, who returned to the pole after scoring 24 runs off 24 balls. Wasim was the last batsman to get out and left the field after scoring only 7. For South Africa, Tabriz Shamsi took 4, Marco Johnson 3, Gerald Coetzee 2 and Ngi Ngidi took 1 wicket.
Shadab Khan played an innings of 43 runs off 36 balls while Saud Shakeel scored 52 runs. When South Africa started chasing the target, Shadab Khan took a diving throw in an attempt to stop a run in the first over and suffered a head injury in the process. Shadab Khan was immediately taken out of the field and given medical attention where doctors declared him unfit for today’s match considering the nature of the injury.
According to the statement released by the Pakistan Cricket Board, Shadab suffered a head injury while fielding and after fielding for a while, the medical panel decided to replace him.
The Pakistani team requested for Shadab to be substituted, which was accepted by the match referee. After Shadab was ruled out of the match, Osama Mir was allowed to come on as a substitute, thus becoming the first player to feature as a connection sub in this World Cup. This selection of Osama Mir proved to be a good omen for Pakistan and he took a wicket in his first over and sent van der Dusen on. Both teams have played 6 and 6 matches in this World Cup so far,
South Africa has played 5 matches. have won and lost 1 match while Pakistan have won 2 matches and lost 4. Currently, South Africa is second and Pakistan is sixth in the points table of the World Cup
