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In the second ODI, Pakistan defeated Australia by 9 wickets.
Pakistan team is currently on Australia tour. Pakistan started this tour with a defeat. But in the second ODI played today, Pakistan has defeated Australia badly. In the second ODI of the three-match series played in Adelaide, Pakistan defeated Australia by a huge margin of 9 wickets and leveled the three-match series 1-1. Let us tell you that after 2,854 days, Pakistan has won an ODI match in Australia.
Batting first in the match, Australia’s batting order was a complete flop and the team was all out after scoring 163 runs in 35 overs without playing the entire over. In reply, Pakistan easily achieved the target by scoring 169/1 in 26.3 overs. The most important contribution in this victory of Pakistan was of fast bowler Haris Rauf.
AUS vs PAK: Haris Rauf took five wickets in the second ODI
For Pakistan, Haris Rauf bowled strongly and took five wickets for 29 runs in eight overs, while Shaheen Afridi took three wickets for 26 runs in eight overs. However, in this match, the team’s third fast bowler Naseem Shah proved to be expensive and he took only one wicket for 65 runs in 10 overs. After this, Pakistan team never looked in trouble while chasing the target of 164 runs. Steve Smith made the maximum contribution of 35 runs, while apart from him no other Australian batsman could reach even 20 runs.
In reply, Pakistan team’s openers Abdullah Shafiq and Sam Ayub, while chasing the target, made a partnership of 137 runs for the first wicket. Sam Ayub was seen scoring runs easily against Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. Ayub scored 82 runs in 71 balls, which included five fours and six sixes.
Abdullah Shafiq returned not out after scoring 64 runs on 69 balls and Babar Azam returned not out after scoring 15 runs on 20 balls. Babar gave Pakistan a memorable victory by 9 wickets with a six. Adam Zampa took the only wicket for Australia. Haris Rauf was adjudged man of the match.
