Australia wins over Pakistan by 5 wickets to reach the final, 2nd Semi-Final Match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021.
The 2nd Semi-Final Match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, in which Australia wins over Pakistan by 5 wickets to reach the final.
Australia won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first, Pakistan batted first, started the inning very brilliantly, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 71 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 71 runs in the last ball of the 10th over, Babar Azam was dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 39 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 34 balls, next batsman Fakhar Zaman came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partmership of 72 runs with Mohammad Rizwan for the second wicket, the second wicket has gone for 143 runs in the second ball of the 18th over, Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 67 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 52 balls, followed by Asif Ali came to bat, and he dismissed without scoring in just one ball as the third wicket in the first ball of the 19th over, the team score was 158 runs, next batsman Shoaib Malik came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 1 run as the fourth wicket in the second ball of the last over, the team score was 162 runs, followed by Mohammad Hafeez came to bat, and he remains unbeaten for 1 run with Fakhar Zaman, and Fakhar Zaman played a brilliant unbeaten a half-century inning of 55 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 32 balls. In this way, Pakistan batted first after losing the toss scored 167 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 177 runs for Australia.
Australian bowlers Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets, Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa got 1-1 wicket.
Australia chasing 177 runs in the second inning they achieved the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the 19th over and won the match by 5 wickets. Australia also started the inning very well althought the first wicket has gone very quickly, David Warner and Aaron Finch came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 1 run in third ball of the first over, Aaron Finch dismissed without scoring in just 1 ball, next batsman Mitchell Marsh came to bat handled the inning and played a brillant half-century partnership of 51 runs with David Warner for the second wicket, the second wicket has gone for 52 runs in second ball of 7th over, Mitchell Marsh dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 22 balls, next batsman Steven Smith came to bat, and he good strike rotate with David Warner for a while, the third wicket has gone for 77 runs in third ball of the 9th over, Steven Smith dismissed just for 5 runs in 6 balls, followed by Glenn Maxwell came to bat, and also good strike rotate with David Warner for a while, the fourth wicket has gone for 89 runs in first ball of the 11th over, David Warner dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 49 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 30 balls, next batsman Marcus Stoinis came to bat, after few moments Glenn Maxwell also dismissed just for 7 runs in 10 balls as fifth wicket in second ball of the 13th over, followed by Matthew Wade came to bat, handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade played a brilliant very quick unbeaten victory inning of 41 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 2 balls, and Marcus Stoinis also played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 40 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 2 balls. In this way, Australia chasing 177 runs in the second inning they achieved the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the 19th over and won the match by 5 wickets to set for the final.
Pakistan bowlers Shadab Khan took 4 wickets just for 26 runs, and Shaheen Afridi got 1 wicket.
Australian batsman Matthew Wade was selected as the best player of the match, he played a brilliant very quick unbeaten victory inning of 41 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 2 balls.
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