Rawalpindi: Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in the first match of the tri-nation T20 series. Pakistan easily achieved Zimbabwe’s target of 148 runs in the last over for the loss of 5 wickets. In the match played in Rawalpindi, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha won the toss and invited Zimbabwe to bat. Zimbabwe got off to a good start against Pakistan, with the openers adding 72 runs, but then Marumani was dismissed for 30. Zimbabwe’s second loss was in the form of Brendan Taylor, who was run out for 14 runs. After that, set-batter Brian Bennett was dismissed for 49. Ryan Burrell scored 8 and captain Sikandar Raza scored 34. Zimbabwe scored 147 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted overs. For Pakistan, Mohammad Nawaz got 2 wickets, Saim Ayub, Abrar Ahmed, Salman Mirza and Shaheen Afridi got one wicket each.
Pakistan easily achieved Zimbabwe’s target of 148 runs in the last over for the loss of 5 wickets. For Pakistan, Fakhar Zaman scored 44, Usman Khan scored 37, Saim Ayub scored 22, Mohammad Nawaz scored 20 and Sahibzada Farhan scored 16. The Pakistan team includes Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Afridi and Abrar Ahmed.
