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Pakistan Finally Have Their Moment Against Australia After 20 Years

Pakistan Finally Have Their Moment Against Australia After 20 Years:

Multiple records broke, Multiple Player Starred and crowd was entertained in a historical series between Pakistan and Australia. Pakistan defeated Australia after 20 years in an ODI series and it was not possible without the heroics of Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq. Pakistan won the third ODI comprehensively by 9 wickets. This was just the second time that Pakistan had defeated Australia by 9 wickets in an ODI match.

The first star of the series was Imam-ul-Haq. Imam scored 298 runs in the series, becoming the Pakistani batsman to score most runs in an ODI series against Australia. Imam smashed 2 hundreds in this series along-with a half century. Another star for Pakistan was Babar Azam who scored 276 runs smashing 2 centuries in the series. Babar Azam became the Pakistani batsman with second most number of ODI centuries.

Pakistan won the 3rd ODI with 73 balls to spare, this is the Pakistan’s biggest margin of victory in terms of balls remaining against Australia in One-Day Internationals. Pakistan won both the ODI matches of this series quite comprehensively. They also registered their highest successful run chase in ODIs, when they chased 349 successfully in the 2nd ODI.

The Test Series belonged to the Aussies, while the ODI series belonged to the Men in Green. Now the only T20I match of this tour remains, which will be played on 5th April 2022 at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.

Noman Ibrahim

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