Pakistan batsman achieves unwanted record, joins club of Sachin Tendulkar and Surya

sports desk : In the third ODI match being played between South Africa and Pakistan, Pakistan batsman Abdullah Shafiq made an unwanted record in his name. He could not even open his account in this ODI series. He could not score even a single run in the three-match ODI series. After Shafiq was out on zero, he has joined the shameful list of batsmen like Suryakumar Yadav, Sachin Tendulkar.

Shafiq was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada on the very first ball in the third match. He was caught by Aiden Markram and sent towards the pavilion. Whereas before this match, Shafiq's wicket was taken by Marco Jansen in both the matches. With this, Shafiq has joined the list of batsmen who have been out on zero thrice in a series. With this, Shafiq joined the list which includes players like Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav, Andrew Symonds, Salman Butt and Anil Kumble.

If Shafiq does not succeed in opening his account in one more match in his next ODI, then he will join the list of batsmen who have been out on zero four times in a row in ODI cricket. Players like Lasith Malinga, Craig White and Henry Olonga are in the list of being out without opening the account 4 times.

Pakistan has already won the ODI series against South Africa. By winning this series, Pakistan won three consecutive ODI series. After defeating Australia 2-1 last month, Pakistan defeated South Africa 2-0 with a match to spare. The third match of the series is being played today. Now it has to be seen whether Pakistan team is successful in making a clean sweep.

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match status

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first in the third ODI. Coming to bat first, Pakistan team has scored 275 runs at the loss of 5 wickets till the time of writing the news. There are still 6 overs left. Saim Ayub played a brilliant century and scored 101 runs for Pakistan. Apart from that, Babar Azam is playing with 52 runs, Mohammad Rizwan is playing with 53 runs, Agha Salman is playing with 30 runs and Tayyab Tahir is playing with 22 runs.

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