Pakistan wins over Scotland by 72 runs in 41st match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
The 41st match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between Pakistan and Scotland at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah in which Pakistan defeated Scotland by a big margin of 72 runs.
Pakistan batted first after winning the toss started the inning very well, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 35 runs in first ball of the 7th over, Mohammad Rizwan dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 19 balls, next batsman Fakhar Zaman came to bat and played well for a while with Babar Azam, the second wicket has gone for 59 runs in 9.4 over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed very quickly just for 8 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Mohammad Hafeez came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 53 runs with Babar Azam for the third wicket, the third wicket ha sgone for 112 runs in last ball of the 15th over, Mohammad Hafeez dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 31 runs with the help of 1six and 4 boundaries in just 19 balls, followed by Shoaib Malik came to bat, and played well with Babar Azam, the fourth wicket has gone for 142 runs in third ball of the 18th over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a brilliant haf-century inning of 66 runs with the help of 3 sxies and 5 boundaries in just 47 balls, next batsman Asif Ali came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 5 runs in 4 balls with Shoaib Malik, and Shoaib Malik played a very brilliant quick unbetaen half-century inning 54 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 1 boundary in just 18 balls. In this way, Pakistan batted first after winning the toss, scored 189 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 190 runs for Scotland.
Scotland's bowlers Chris Greaves took 2 wickets, Hamza Tahir and Safyaan Sharif got 1-1 wicket.
Scotland chasing 190 runs in the second inning they could manage just 117 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 72 runs, Scotland started the inning not very well, Richie Berrington played a brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 54 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 37 balls, George Munsey scored 17 runs in 31 balls, Michael Leask scored 14 runs in 14 balls, apart from this no batsman could touch figure out of 10 runs, Kyle Coetzer 9 runs, Matthew Cross 5 runs, Chris Greaves 4 runs, Chris Greaves dismissed without scoring and Mark Watt remains unbeaten for 2 runs. In this way, Scotland chasing 190 runs in the second inning, wickets keep falling one after another, and end of the result they could manage just 117 runs for losing 6 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by a big margin of 72 runs.
Pakistani bowlers performed very brilliantly, Shadab Khan took 2 wickets just for 14 runs, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Hasan Ali got 1-1 wicket.
Pakistani batsman Shoaib Malik was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick unbeaten half-century inning 54 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 1 boundary in just 18 balls.
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