Pakistan [189/6] beat South Africa [188/6] by 4 wickets in 1st T20I

[Rana]

3 off 2

 

[MHN1293]

3 off 2

 

[Hasan123]

Shocking fielding. )

 

[BreadPakoda]

What a close match. Can't believe this SA team is giving competition to an International side.

 

[Sunzi]

Gotta take that if you want it enough.

 

[Shams123]

Shaheen must be so nervous right now.

 

[Markhor]

Four from the first ball

This is seriously fun to watch on a Saturday afternoon.

 

[ChTab]

How many times did Miandad chase 300+ score?

Different times, Miandad was there for the 2 most important chases of Pakistan's ODI history.

Semi-Final vs NZ & last ball six vs India at Sharjah.

 

[Greenstorm]

Hendricks MoM

 

[Justcrazy]

5 off 3 balls

 

[imshally81]

Yess

 

[Shams123]

So comical

 

[Abdurmirr]

What a finish

 

[Abdulm123]

oh my days what is south africa doing on the field?! Pakistan have been struck by extreme luck today

 

[MHN1293]

Lol quite a disappointing end to a riveting contest

 

[Markhor]

That was another catchable chance.

 

[Rajdeep]

Congrats Pakistan...well played

 

[Omer Baloch]

Hassan the finisher

 

[Ahmed216]

Dismissed by a juicy half volley! Pathetic

Most pak batsmen play cross batted slogs and not straight

 

[Sunzi]

Superb from Rizwan - match-winning contribution from Faheem and Hasan is fearless in those hitting situations.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Surely the worst attack to have played for SA in years?

 

[NeVerMind]

Highest run chase win by Pak...well done

 

[Hasan123]

Just another match winning innings from Mohammed Rizwan. But we are told Sharjeel,Rohail Nazir, Sarfraz, and some random kid off the street can out perform him.

 

[Ozeirk]

Good win, Pakistan amazing!!!

 

[imshally81]

Thanks to PSL to chase down the highest total ever

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Lmao hilarious finish

 

[Kroll]

YeS wE dEsErVe ThIs 'humiliation'

LMAO.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

 

[Gullycricket]

SA will be a force but weak force

 

[Abdulm123]

Honestly what an embarassing performance by both teams, this is South Africas Z team Pakistan were facing and they struggled to the core to defeat them

 

[Snowflake]

Hahaha

 

[Markhor]

Win off the overthrow )

Comical end to a fun match albeit not of the highest standard at times.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Well done pakistan.

 

[IMMY69]

Great game!
Their highest chase too which will given them confidence

 

[Mamoon]

What an embarrassing performance. A complete fluke in the last over.

 

[sindhiboy]

South Africa really should have won this one.
Some terrible death bowling.

 

[Fazzy321]

This is comical end from South Africa )))

 

[ChTab]

Hassan Ali once again helped Pakistan with the bat.

 

[shariqnoor]

Rizwan in T20s and Imam in ODIs are a necessity for Pakistan as openers.

 

[Muddaser]

We deserve this humiliation.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Why does Hasan Ali come in so low down?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Congrats

 

[MesonK]

True.

Thanks

 

[Gullycricket]

SA players in IPL will be laughing at this

 

[Kingpin786]

What an embarrassing performance. A complete fluke in the last over.

Aaj to banta hai

 

[Hasan123]

Anyone who wants Rizwan replaced deserves the humiliation.

 

[Muddaser]

What an embarrassing performance. A complete fluke in the last over.

We deserve this humiliation.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Well played Rizwan and Faheem. This is a massive confidence booster.

 

[Mamoon]

Pakistani fans tagging me and doing bhangra after fluking a win against South Africa D.

You love to see it.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

What an embarrassing performance. A complete fluke in the last over.

Chill mate ! I know it hurts

 

[BreadPakoda]

What an embarrassing performance. A complete fluke in the last over.

You won. How is that embarrassing? Lol

 

[Sunzi]

Good job we pulled it back toward the end of the SA innings because 200+ would have been pretty tricky considering we limped to 188 against a pretty poor bowling attack.

I'll take it though.

 

[Muddaser]

Pakistani fans tagging me and doing bhangra after fluking a win against South Africa D.

You love to see it.

You deserve this humiliation.

 

[Gullycricket]

No IPL contract for this lot of SA players ever

 

[Slim]

This was a really fun match. Faheem has really come off age and almost has won me over, liking Faheem 2.0
[MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] can you bury the anti rizwan agenda now?

 

[Mamoon]

You won. How is that embarrassing? Lol

Winning in this fashion against this South African side is worse than losing to a top team.

 

[shamaan]

Inexperienced showed for the south african team.another Gem of an Innings from Rizwan pakistan got lucky.

 

[shariqnoor]

Matchwinning contribution by Nawaz. Getting out on the 1st delivery.

 

[letme alone]

full toss helped us. not a good batting in my view

 

[imshally81]

Pakistani fans tagging me and doing bhangra after fluking a win against South Africa D.

You love to see it.

Another fluking victory for Pakistan

 

[Ozeirk]

Winning in this fashion against this South African side is worse than losing to a top team.

Cry me a river

 

[Kroll]

Congratulations all Pak fans on highest successful run chase ever.

 

[mrtaim3]

Why some poster calling this an embarrassing win? Pakistan never looked down in this chase. Pakistan were comfortably going over the line except for the last over.

 

[TheNightWatchman]

lol but in all seriousness. This should have been much easier than it turned out to be. Some poor shot selection. Rizwan proved why hes the first choice opener in T20s. Sharjeel is unnecessary and his unpredictability is not needed. Fakhar at 3 is not a bad choice tbh, should have carried on. Babar should have led the chase so a failure on his part but still think him as opener is a really good choice considering the powerplay and ability to take advantage of the gaps early on. Haider Ali disappoints and needs to try his best not to get out to poor bowling again.

 

[Titan24]

Pakistan beats “South Africa”.

Faheem’s inning was pretty solid, Rizwan anchored the innings really well but could have executed as well as calculated things bit better when Hafeez was playing alongside him and Hassan has been the real finisher in recent times.

 

[Ozeirk]

Winning in this fashion against this South African side is worse than losing to a top team.

Give credit to South Africa for bowling well. Shamsi took crucial wickets and he is a key bowler for South Africa. Malan and Klassen are solid t20 batsmen as well. There is quality in this South Africa side. Not everyday is Babar going to score 17 or Hafeez will have a bad day.

 

[MesonK]

I wish there was an iota of truth in that. Lets talk about this when Rizwan can win us a match in Australia or change the course of an overseas test series. Till then Pant >> Rizwan

Its about stats not what you think or feel or your opinion is. Check out the details stat comparison (positions, oppositions, away averages) I posted in their vs thread. Rizwan outshines Pant in many departments by pure detailed stats. Opinions mean nothing, numbers do.

 

[Rana]

Faheem Ashraf should be Man of the match

That was a brutal, Important cameo at the end!

 

[Titan24]

Our record chase but, I hope bowlers dont test this in future.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Gotta say this tour vs SA sure has been exciting. A lot of very close matches and we've seen some incredible batting in this tour.

It was nice to see Faheem coming up big for us. He has generally been very mediocre with the bat in LOI but came through big this time. It's probably better than any innings Asif Ali ever played for us.

Good to see Rizwan last until the end for us, however Babar/Rizwan should not be the opening pair. Either drop Babar drop to 3 or have Rizwan bat at 4.

 

[MesonK]

Another fluking victory for Pakistan

trolls has no self respect.

 

[Mean&Green]

Thank you BCCI for this experience

 

[Slim]

Faheem Ashraf should be Man of the match

That was a brutal, Important cameo at the end!

You never learn..

 

[Sunzi]

Rizzy claiming that MOTM and delivering that English like the shezada he is ❤

 

[Slim]

Our record chase but, I hope bowlers dont test this in future.

Wahab in shambles.

 

[bujhee kom]

Well done to Pk. Highest ever chase is good to see. Pk batting needs work, but a W is a W.

 

[Mesozoic]

There we go ..

Can Pak fans now stop being so bitter about the IPL?

It has delivered an ODI series win against a top 5 side after 7 years and now your highest chase in T20Is and most likely the first ever T20 series win in South Africa....

I mean...what more can a brother do?

 

[Markhor]

lol but in all seriousness. This should have been much easier than it turned out to be. Some poor shot selection. Rizwan proved why hes the first choice opener in T20s. Sharjeel is unnecessary and his unpredictability is not needed. Fakhar at 3 is not a bad choice tbh, should have carried on. Babar should have led the chase so a failure on his part but still think him as opener is a really good choice considering the powerplay and ability to take advantage of the gaps early on. Haider Ali disappoints and needs to try his best not to get out to poor bowling again.

Winning without a big cameo from Fakhar, Babar or Hafeez, and without a proper #6 is encouraging though. In the past we were too dependent on one or two batsmen to carry the load.

We need to go harder in the PP though as we left ourselves with a lot to do at the end - and stronger teams won't be dropping as many dollies or full tosses.

 

[Mehran07]

It was inexperience which costs the game to proteas

 

[fasihulhaq94]

Someone tell Babar to get a better translator.

He was implying something else and the translator was mouthing off generic statements.