Many players of Pakistan including Babar Azam failed in the second ODI, Australia counterattacked and settled its old score.

Pakistan vs Australia ODI Series: At present, a three-match ODI series is being played between Pakistan and Australia, which has now reached an exciting turn. In the second match of the series, Australia performed brilliantly and defeated Pakistan by 41 runs. With this victory, the Kangaroo team has leveled the series at 1-1. Now the third and final match between the two teams will decide the series.

After initial setbacks, Australia set a challenging score

The Australian team, which came to bat first in the match, did not have a good start. Captain Shaheen Afridi gave a big success to Pakistan by bowling Alex Carey on the very first ball of the innings. Even after this, Australia kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

However, Cameron Green and captain Josh Inglis took over the responsibility in the middle order. Green scored 53 runs, while Inglis contributed 51 runs. Apart from this, Oliver Peak strengthened the team by adding 31 runs. Thanks to these innings, Australia scored 231 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. Shaheen Afridi was the most successful bowler for Pakistan and he took 3 wickets. Whereas Haris Rauf, Arafat Minhas and Maaz Sadaqat got two successes each.

Pakistan’s batting disintegrated while chasing the target

Pakistan had a very bad start while chasing the target of 232 runs. The team lost the first wicket on the score of just 4 runs and by the time it reached 6 runs, the second batsman also returned to the pavilion. Pakistan failed to recover from the initial shock and wickets continued to fall. Key batsmen like Babar Azam, Salman Ali Aga and Sahibzada Farhan could not play big innings. As a result, the team came under pressure and never appeared to be in a strong position in the match.

Shadab Khan’s struggle did not work

Despite the fall of wickets at one end, Shadab Khan performed brilliantly. He tried to keep the team in the competition by scoring 71 runs. Wicketkeeper Ghazi Ghori contributed 37 runs and Arafat Minhas contributed 33 runs, but did not get enough support from other batsmen. After which the entire Pakistani team was reduced to 190 runs and lost the match by 41 runs.

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Nathan Ellis became the hero of victory

Fast bowler Nathan Ellis played an important role in Australia’s victory. He bowled lethally and took 4 wickets and shook Pakistan’s batting order. Matthew Short also took 3 wickets, while Matthew Kuhneman, Adam Zampa and Tanveer Sangha got one wicket each. Now the decisive and final match of the series will be played on June 4 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, where both the teams will take the field with the intention of winning the series.