Pakistan also won the T20 series by defeating South Africa

Pakistan defeated South Africa by 4 wickets in the third T20 to win the series 1-2. Muhammad Nawaz was declared man of the match for his outstanding all-round performance. In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday, captain Babar Azam won the toss and invited the visiting team to bat first.

Milan and Raza Hendrix started the innings for South Africa which was disappointing and Raza was dismissed for 2 runs. After that, the wickets of the Proteas continued to fall and half the team had reached the pavilion at 46 runs. However, David Miller played a brilliant innings and got the team out of trouble. Miller scored an unbeaten 85 off 45 balls, hitting seven sixes and five fours. South Africa scored 164 for eight in the allotted 20 overs. Zahid Mahmood, who made his debut for the Green Shirts, scored three. While Mohammad Nawaz and Hassan Ali took 3 wickets each. Thus, South Africa had given Pakistan a target of 165 runs to win the decisive T20 match. Chasing the target, the national batsmen played brilliantly and Haider Ali and Mohammad Rizwan scored 51 for the first wicket. South African bowler Tabriz Shamsi continued to show excellent bowling and not only prevented the Pakistani batsman from playing openly but also took wickets in every over. First Mohammad Rizwan scored 42 and then captain Babar Azam scored 44 runs. Supported the team, but the pressure on South Africa increased as the wickets fell. In such a situation, first Faheem Ashraf hit the boundary and then Muhammad Nawaz threw the ball across the boundary to reduce the pressure. For South Africa, Tabriz Shamsi bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets while Devin Pretorius and Bourne Fortin took one wicket each. Mohammad Nawaz was declared Man of the Match for his outstanding all-round performance while Mohammad Rizwan was declared Man of the Series. In this way, Pakistan won the series 2-1 against South Africa. It has also completed a century of winning competitions and has become the first team to win 100 matches.