New Delhi. Pakistan team is known for fighting on the cricket field. Led by Babar Azam, the team registered a thrilling one-wicket win over Afghanistan in an ODI on Thursday night. Naseem Shah hit a four off the 5th ball of the 50th over to give Pakistan a memorable victory. With this, the team has taken an unbeaten lead of 2-0 in the 3-match series. Afghanistan, playing first in the match, scored a good score of 300 runs for 5 wickets. Imam-ul-Haq scored 91 runs and Babar scored 53 runs to strengthen the Pakistan team. Shadab Khan also scored 48 runs.
Pakistan needed 11 runs in the last over to win with 2 wickets to spare. On the first ball of the 50th over, Fazal Farooqui dismissed Shadab Khan outside the crease. In this over, Naseem Khan hit 2 fours to give Pakistan a thrilling win. Talking about ODI cricket, Pakistan has won the match by one wicket for the 7th time. That means the team does not give up till the end. The team will want to leave no stone unturned to register wins in the Asia Cup and ODI World Cup starting August 30.
Team India was also defeated 2 times
Pakistan team has also defeated team India twice by one wicket in ODI cricket. Everyone remembers Javed Miandad’s last ball six on 18 April 1986. Miandad gave Pakistan a memorable win by hitting Chetan Sharma for a six in the final played in Sharjah. Apart from this, in an Asia Cup match on 2 March 2014, Shahid Afridi hit R Ashwin for two consecutive sixes on the third and fourth balls of the 50th over. Even then the team won by one wicket. In the match, Pakistan had to score 10 runs in the 50th over and 2 wickets were left. Ashwin bowled Sai Ajmal on the first ball. Junaid Khan took a single off the second ball. After this, Afridi took away the victory from India by hitting 2 sixes in the next 2 balls.
Also beat Australia and New Zealand
Pakistan beat New Zealand in 1984, Australia in 1987, West Indies in 1987, South Africa in 2010 and now Afghanistan by one wicket. On the other hand, Team India has managed to win ODI matches by one wicket only 3 times. Indian team defeated New Zealand in 2003, West Indies in 2011 and Sri Lanka in 2013. Talking about the win by one run in ODI cricket, Pakistan beat South Africa in 2013. Along with this, the Indian team has managed to win the match by one run 4 times.
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Pakistan has also performed brilliantly in T20
Talking about the T20 International, here also the Pakistan team has managed to win the match by one wicket 2 times. On the other hand, Team India could not do this even once. Pakistan registered thrilling victories over Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 2015 and Afghanistan in the 2022 Asia Cup. On the other hand, Team India has recorded close wins by one run in T20 Internationals twice. India beat South Africa in 2012 and Bangladesh by one run in 2016.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Babar Azam, Pakistan
First published: August 25, 2023, at 11:08 am