After losing the first match of the three-match ODI series, pakistan thrashed australia in their own home by 9 wickets in the second ODI. pakistan won the match one-sidedly. There was no moment when it felt that australia was in the match. While chasing the runs, sam Ayub played the biggest innings of 82 runs for Pakistan. While Haris Rauf opened the claws in bowling.
From winning the toss to bowling, everything went well for pakistan in the match. After winning the toss, the pakistan team decided to bowl, which proved to be very effective for them. Coming in to bat first, the host australia was all out for just 163 runs in 35 overs by the Pakistani bowlers. steve smith played the biggest innings for australia, scoring 35 runs (48 balls) with the help of 5 fours and 1 six.
During this time, Haris Rauf took the maximum of 5 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets. The remaining 1-1 wickets went to Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain. During this time, Rauf conceded only 29 runs in 8 overs. For this brilliant performance, Rauf was awarded the title of 'Player of the Match'.
pakistan registered a one-sided victory by chasing the runs
australia had set a target of 164 runs in 50 overs for pakistan to win. pakistan easily achieved this target by scoring 169/1 runs in 26.3 overs. During this time, sam Ayub and Abdullah Shafique, who came to open for the team, made a partnership of 137 (123 balls) runs for the first wicket. pakistan suffered the first blow in the 21st over, when sam Ayub returned to the pavilion after scoring 82 runs in 71 balls with the help of 5 fours and 6 sixes. Then Abdullah Shafiq and Babar Azam made an unbroken partnership of 32 (37) runs for the second wicket and gave the team victory. During this, Shafiq scored 64 runs in 69 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, Babar scored 15 runs in 20 balls with the help of 1 six.
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