3rd T20I, Rawalpindi, November 10, 2020, 04:00 PM
Zimbabwe
129/9(20.0ov)
Pakistan
130/2(15.2ov)
Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 8 wickets
Best Batsmen
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B
4S
6S
SR
Best Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Man of the Match
Usman Qadir
Commentry
For his brilliant bowling display, Usman Qadir has been named the Man of the Match as well as the Man of the Series. That is it from this game. Pakistan whitewash Zimbabwe 3-0 in the T20I series and they also won the ODI series 2-1. Zimbabwe go home with just an ODI win. Pakistan will take confidence from this white ball series as they will now go to New Zealand for a full fledged tour starting from 18th December, 2020. Till then, stay safe, take care and goodbye!
Earlier in the evening after winning the toss and batting first, Zimbabwe never got going as Pakistan bowling led by Usman Qadir ran riot and restricted Zimbabwe to a minimal score of 129 on a batting track. Usman's spin just spun a web around Zimbabwe and his 4-fer never let the tourists off the hook.
No fairytale ending for Elton Chigumbura as he bids adieu to international cricket with a painful loss. Zimbabwe succumbed to yet another defeat. Cannot blame the Zimbabwe bowlers as they hardly had any runs to play with in a batting friendly track. Barring one wicket a piece for Milton Shumba and Wellington Masakadza, there was hardly anything from the Zimbabwe bowlers as they were outclassed yet again.
Chasing 130 on a track that is lovely to bat on was hardly going to be a challenge. They needed a solid start and though they were slow off the blocks, Abdullah Shafique gathered pace as the innings progressed. Khushdil Shah came out with an intent to wrap it up early and so he did with his blistering cameo. The only cause of small dent in an otherwise clinical series with the bat would be Fakhar Zaman's form.
Another easy chase for the home side and unlike the ODIs, Pakistan have thoroughly dominated Zimbabwe in an one-sided series, clean sweeping the tourists, 3-0. Pakistan continue their dominance over Zimabwe in the shortest format of the game making it 14 in 14 in their last 14 games.
In over# 1
6
0
Faraz Akram 12/0(2.2)
15.2
6
SIX! Khushdil Shah ends it in grand style. Slower ball on off and middle, Khushdil Shah lofts it mightily over deep mid-wicket. Pakistan win by 8 wickets and whitewash Zimbabwe in the T20I series 3-0.
15.1
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Full and around off, driven to mid off for a dot.
Faraz Akram is back on.
In over# 1
1
4
0
1wd
2
1
4
Ryan Burl 27/0(3)
14.6
1
Flatter on middle and leg, tucked through the mid-wicket region for a single.
14.5
4
FOUR! Full and around off, Khushdil lofts it over the bowler's head, to the long on boundary. Not very far away are Pakistan from a victory here.
14.4
.
An appeal for LBW but nothing results. Going down the leg side. Flatter ball on middle and leg, Khushdil looks to tuck it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pads. An appeal follows but to no avail.
14.4
1wd
WIDE! Ryan slips one down the leg side, Shah lets it be. Wided.
14.3
2
Tossed up on middle and leg, Khushdil heaves it over mid-wicket. It falls short of Wesley there and the batters take a couple.
14.2
1
Full and around off, driven to long off for a single.
14.1
4
FOUR! Beautifully struck. Full and around off, Abdullah Shafique goes inside out, through the covers, through the carpet. Races away for a boundary, the ball.
In over# 1
0
4
1
1
6
6
Milton Shumba 28/1(2)
13.6
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A dot to end the over. Flatter outside off, Shah pushes this to covers. 19 runs needed in 36 balls now.
13.5
4
FOUR! Cut and cut very well by Shah! What a cameo this has been from him! His first two sixes were on the leg side and this boundary is to the off side. Flatter outside off, Khushdil rocks on his back foot and punches this to the deep backward point region for a boundary.
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