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Fakhar Zaman‘s dazzling 101 and captain Babar Azam‘s remarkable 94 helped Pakistan beat South Af🍎rica 🧸by 28 runs in the 3rd ODI at the SuperSpo👍rt Park in Centurion on Wednesday. With this victory, the tourists sealed the three-match series 2-1.
Further, Pakistan also became the second visiting team after Australia to win at least 2 bilateral ODI series against the Proteas in their own backyard. Amongst Asian sides, Pakistan is the first team to record 2 triumphs in bilateral ODI legs. Eight years ago, Misbah-ul-Haq-led outfit had won the three-match series 2-1.
Coming back to the third ODI, Pakistan opener Fakhar and skipper Babar shined with the willow to take their side to a competitive total of 320/7 in their allotted 50 overs. Hasan Ali provided the late impetus by smashing 32 off 1🧔1 balls at a phenomenal strike rate of 290.91, featuring four sixes.
In response, Temba Bavuma and Co. got bundled for 292 in 49.3 overs. Opener Janneman Malan scored the maximum of 70 runs off 81 balls with the help of nine boundaries. Kyle Verreynne (62) and Andile Phehlukwayo (54) did show some resistance after adding 108 runs in just 99 balls for the sixth wicket, which wasn’t enough as Pakistan successfully defended the 320-run total.
Mohammad Nawaz and Shaheen Afridi were the pick-of-the-bowlers for the visitors. While Nawaz bagged th🐈ree wickets for 34 in seven overs, Shaheen earned as many scalps f𝓡or 58 in 9.3 overs.
The action will now move🌼 towards the four-match T20I series, starting from Saturday (April 10) at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Congratulations & bo🐓ys for a series win in South Africa🦄. Keep it up guys.
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
Alhumdulillah, this series win is for you P🍨akistan. Extremely prou𓆉d of this champion team. Special shout out to his remarkable innings. Well played .
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258)
Absolutely hon🐷ored to be the part of this amazing team. Top efforts by everyone
— Fakhar Zaman (@FakharZamanLive)
Well done team 💪
Congratulations to everyone on winning the ODI series 🙌 and p🀅layed some wonderful innings. Loved the batting came💎o from 👍👍— Imad Wasim (@simadwasim)
A 2-1 win in the ODI series against South Africa has taken Pakistan to No.2 in the ICC Men’s Super League t🎐able 🌟 🏆
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— ICC (@ICC)
Great series win for Pak,a timely reminder that Fakharꦡ Zaman is still a matchwinner,hopefully can stay consistent. Pace attack was impressive,bowled well,Qadir & Nawaz provided breakthroughs in the middle,hope Shaheen gets rested too at some p🎀t,can’t afford a burn out.
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial)
Fakhar Zaman's brilliant numbers in the ODI series against South Africa:
3 innings
302 runs
100.66 average
111.43 strike-rate
2 hundreds
13 sixes
28 fours— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
Bigဣ deal for Pakistan to beat SA at home. Sweet! Big credit is due to Fakhar for decoding the mental lock for Pakistan. What a sensational series he had!
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja)
Congratulations on winning the
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA)
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Congratulations On the series win .🍒. Really g💯ood from and of course
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
Back to back centuries. Fakhar Zaman 👏🏻 👏🏻
— Maz Bonafide (@MazBONAFIDE)
2013: Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1
2021: Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1
The only team from Asia to win an 🍌ODI series twice in South Africa | |
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
Congratulations Team Pakistan 🇵🇰 winning ODI seri🧔es 2-1 in South Africa. congratulations on ur 2nd 💯 in this series & surely deserve to be MOS. congratulations on winning the series as captain. Well done everyone 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22)
Congratulations 👏 well played and . Keep going all the way, ไmay Almighty give our team more a⛎nd more success. Ameen
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal)
Congratulations to team on winning ODI series over all excellent performance in batting and bowling…well done boys.Hard luck
— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23)
Outstand⛄ing series win away from home congratulations team Pakistan 🇵🇰 what a performance👏👏👏 well led by enjoy guys 👍🐻👍👍🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
— Azhar Ali (@AzharAli_)
