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Pakistan vs South Africa: Pakistan (Pakistan )  defeated South Africa by 6 wickets and qualified for the final of the tri-series. Where it will face the New Zealand team. In this match, the African team, batting first, gave Pakistan a target of 353 runs, in response to which Pakistan achieved the target thanks to the innings of Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha. The South African bowlers could not stand in front of these two players and Pakistan easily chased the mountain-like target.

Pakistan chased its biggest target
By chasing the target of 353 runs, Pakistan has chased its biggest target in the history of ODI cricket. Earlier, Pakistan had chased a target of 349 runs against Australia in the year 2022 in an ODI match. Now in ODI, under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistani team has created a new history by chasing a target of 350 plus runs for the first time. Earlier, the Pakistani team could not do this in ODI cricket.

Rizwan and Salman scored centuries

Pakistan did not have a good start. When Babar Azam (23 runs) and Saud Shakeel (15 runs) could not do well. Fakhar Zaman definitely started well, but he could not convert it into a big innings and returned to the pavilion after scoring 41 runs. In such a situation, the Pakistani team seemed to be surrounded by crisis. In such a situation, Pakistan’s defeat seemed certain, but after that Pakistani captain Mohammad Rizwan (122 runs) and Salman Ali Agha (134 runs) presented a great example of batting. Both the players scored centuries and led the Pakistani team to victory.

Three batsmen had scored half-centuries for Africa

Temba Bavuma scored 82 runs and Tony de Giorgi scored 22 runs for the South African team. Mathews Breetzke contributed 83 runs and Heinrich Klaasen contributed 87 runs. Three players scored half centuries for the African team and it was because of these players that the team was able to score as big as the Himalayas. Batting first, Africa scored 352 runs. Shaheen Afridi took the maximum of two wickets for Pakistan.