Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam's power Pakistan beat Namibia by 45 runs to qualify for the semi-finals, 31st match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021.
The 31st match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between Pakistan and Namibia at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, in which Pakistan won the match by 45 runs.
Pakistan batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very brilliantly, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a century partnership of 113 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 113 runs in the second ball of the 15th over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 70 runs with the help of 7 boundaries in just 49 balls, next batsman Fakhar Zaman came to bat, and he dismissed just for 5 runs in 5 balls as the second wicket in 15.4 overs, the team score was 122 runs, followed by Mohammad Hafeez came to bat, handled the inning and he remains unbeaten after playing a brilliant quick inning of 32 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in just 16 balls with Mohammad Rizwan, and Mohammad Rizwan played a brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 79 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 50 balls. In this way, Pakistan batted first after winning the toss scored 189 runs for the loss of just 2 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 190 runs for Namibia.
Namibia bowlers David Wiese and Jan Frylinck got 1-1 wickets.
Namibia chasing 190 runs in the second inning they could manage just 144 runs after losing 5 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 45 runs. Namibia started the inning not very well, Stephan Baard and Michael van Lingen came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 8 runs in 1.3 over, Michael van Lingen dismissed just for 4 runs in 2 balls, next batsman Craig Williams came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant partnership of 47 runs with Stephan Baard, the second wicket has gone for 55 runs in 8.4 over, Stephan Baard dismissed after scoring 29 runs in 29 balls, next batsman Gerhard Erasmus came to bat, and played well for a while with Craig Williams, the third wicket has gone for 83 runs in 12.3 over, Gerhard Erasmus dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 10 balls, followed by David Wiese came to bat, afetr few moments the fourth wicket has also gone for 93 runs in last ball of the 14th over, Craig Williams dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 40 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundareis in just 37 balls, next batsman JJ Smit came to bat, and he dismissed just for 2 runs in 5 balls as fifth wicket in 16.5 over, the team score was 110 runs, followed by Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 7 runs in 7 balls with David Wiese, and David Wiese played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 43 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 31 balls, but unfortunately can't reach to that taget by 45 runs. In this way, Namibia chasing 190 runs in the second inning they could score just 144 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 45 runs.
Pakistani bowlers Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Haris Rauf, and Shadab Khan got 1-1 wicket.
Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan was selected as the best player of the match, he played a brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 79 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 50 balls.
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