In the second match of the T20 series, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 137 runs for the loss of 2 wickets with the help of half-centuries from captain Babar Azam and Haider Ali.
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In the second T20 match of the series played in Rawalpindi, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and invited Zimbabwe to bat first and the Pakistani bowlers performed well.
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When Zimbabwe started the innings, Harris Rauf took the important wicket of Brand Taylor in the second over of the match.
Captain Chamo Chibaba and Sean Williams added 25 runs for the second wicket to take the score to 30. Harris also moved the Zimbabwean captain.
The Zimbabwean team had not yet recovered from the loss when Faheem Ashraf gave another important victory to Pakistan by scattering the wickets of these form Sean Williams.
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When the score reached 65, Usman Qadir, who was playing the second T20 match, returned the pavilion to Sikandar Raza in his one over and Wesley Medveira, who had scored 70 runs in the last match, and Zimbabwe lost five wickets.
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Ryan Bury scored 32 runs while helping the team to give a better target while Chigumbura was dismissed for 18 runs.
Zimbabwe scored 134 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated overs.
For Pakistan, Haris Rauf and Usman Qadir took 3.3 wickets each.
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In pursuit of an easy target, Pakistan’s Fakhr Zaman were bowled out for just five runs in the beginning, after which captain Babar Azam confidently pushed the score with the help of young batsman Haider Ali and formed a 100-run partnership.
Babar Azam was dismissed for 110 after scoring 51 runs, including eight fours and a six in his innings.
Haider Ali continued his batting and scored an unbeaten 66 with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes and led the team to victory by 8 wickets on the first ball of the 16th over. Khushdal Shah supported him by scoring 11 runs.
Pakistan also won the three-match series with this victory.
Haider Ali was declared the best player of the match for playing confident innings.
It may be recalled that Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 6 wickets in the first T20 match of the series yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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Pakistan did not make any changes in the squad for today’s match while Zimbabwe made one change in their squad.
The Pakistani team for the match consisted of these players.
Babar Azam (captain), Fakhr Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdal Shah, Fahim Ashraf, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hasnain and Haris Rauf.