Zimbabwe defeated Pakistan in the second match of the three T20 matches series. He won by 19 runs over the visiting team at Harare Sports Club in Harare on Friday (April 23). With this victory, Zimbabwe have defeated Pakistan for the first time in the history of T20 International. Earlier, he had lost 15 matches in a row. The team led by Babar Azam defeated the hosts in the first match. The third and deciding match of the series will be played on 25 April.
he run-chase looked easy for the visitors as long as Babar stayed at the crease. Opener Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman (2) departed cheaply inside the first eight overs. Mohammad Hafeez supported skipper Babar in building the innings after early wickets but the former too departed after scoring just five runs.
Babar got support from Aziz and stitched a 22-run brief partnership for the fourth wicket. Luke Jongwe broke the partnership and sent Babar back to the pavilion in the 16th over.
Babar`s wicket brought the hosts back in the game and after that Pakistan kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. In the next over, Aziz departed after scoring 22 runs. At that time, Pakistan were 79/5 in 16.2 overs.
Jongwe didn`t give any change to Pakistan for a fightback as he returned figures of 4-18 in his 3.5 overs. He was also adjudged the Player of the Match. Pakistan collapsed from 79/5 to 99 in no time. Apart from Jongwe, Ryan Burl bagged two scalps while Blessing Muzarabani and Richard Ngarava took one wicket each.
Earlier, a spirited bowling performance from Pakistan restricted the hosts to 118/9 in their allotted 20 overs. Tinashe Kamunhukamwe scored 34 runs while middle-order batters Regis Chakabva (18) and Wesley Madhevere (16) also contributed briefly to the total. For Pakistan, Mohammad Hasnain and Aziz bagged two wickets each.
