PAK Vs SA 1st ODI: Pakistan cricket team has won the first ODI match by a landslide at home to South Africa. With the help of the pair of Salman Agha and Saim Ayub, Pakistan won the first ODI match by 3 wickets. With this win, Pakistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the series.
Pakistan Beats South Africa in 1st ODI by 3 Wickets
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first in the match against Pakistan, which did not prove to be a good match for them. Batting first, the South African team scored 239 runs by losing 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. In response, the Pakistan team achieved the target with 3 balls to spare. Saim Ayub and Salman Agha were the real heroes of Pakistan’s winning team.
In fact, in the first ODI match, the South African team scored 239 runs in the stipulated 50 overs while batting first. In response to this, the Pakistan team had a poor start. Abdullah Shafiq returned to the pavilion without batting 4 balls. Opener Saim Ayub ka balla khoob garza. He scored 109 runs off 119 balls, which included 10 fours and 3 sixes.
Salman Agha’s Heroics Seal the Win in Final Over
Babar Azam was dismissed after scoring 23 runs. Wicketkeeper-batsman and captain Mohammad Rizwan flopped with the bat. He was out for just 1 run off 5 balls. Salman Aga was the real hero of Pakistan team apart from Saim who played an unbeaten innings of 80 runs off 90 balls. His bat hit 4 fours and 2 sixes.
The last over of the first ODI match was quite exciting as Pakistan needed 2 runs in the last over to win. The pair of Salman Agha and Naseem Shah were present at the crease. Marco Jansen was bowling from South Africa in the last over. No run was scored on the first ball of this over. Now Pakistan needed 2 runs to win from 5 balls. On the second ball of the over, Salman narrowly escaped being run out. Salman hit a boundary on the third ball to win the match for Pakistan.
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SA vs PAK 1st ODI: South Africa 1st Innings
Earlier, the South African team batted first and got off to a good start. The pair of Tony and Rickelton formed a good partnership. Captain Aiden Markram was dismissed after scoring 35 runs.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Henrik Klaasen played the highest innings of 86 runs. His innings included 7 fours and 2 sixes. In this way, Pakistan was given a target of 240 runs by South Africa.
