SA vs PAK: South Africa also lost in the third ODI against Pakistan, Saim Ayub scored his third century in 5 matches.

Cricket News Desk. Pakistan defeated South Africa by 36 runs in the third ODI. With this victory, Pakistan has won the three-match series 3-0. Pakistan has achieved a clean sweep in an ODI series in South Africa for the first time. Sam Ayub's second century of the series played an important role in this victory. Ayub scored his third century in the last five innings. He scored 101 runs in 94 balls, taking Pakistan's score to 308 runs for 9 wickets.

Klaassen's gambit did not work.
For South Africa, Heinrich Klaasen played an aggressive inning of 81 runs on 43 balls. Despite this, the South African team missed the target by 36 runs while chasing the target. The home team's innings was reduced to 271 runs in the 42nd over. Due to rain, the match was reduced to 47 overs and the result was decided by the Duckworth-Lewis method. Sufyan Muqeem dismissed four batsmen.

Ayub is in great form.
The 22-year-old Ayub had scored an unbeaten 113 in the second ODI against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo last month. After this, he scored 109 runs in the first match against South Africa in Paarl last week. Between ODIs, he also scored an unbeaten 98 in the second T20 International against South Africa at Centurion. Ayub received both 'Player of the Match' and 'Player of the Series' awards.

On the contrary, opener Abdullah Shafiq was out for zero in the third consecutive over. Ayub showed excellent control and hit shots from all sides of the field. He made important partnerships of 114 runs with Babar Azam (52) and 93 runs with captain Mohammad Rizwan (53). Debutant Corbin Bosh was caught out by the wicketkeeper after hitting 13 fours and two sixes.

Ayub also got a wicket.
Apart from his batting, Ayub bowled economically with his off-spin and took 1 wicket for 34 runs in 10 overs. He took the important wicket of David Miller and was the most economical bowler of the match. Klaasen was the only batsman for South Africa to score a half-century for the third consecutive match. He maintained the required run rate until he was caught at square leg off the bowling of Shaheen Shah Afridi in the 29th over.