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In the first match of the triangular T-20 series, Pakistan cricket team defeated Zimbabwe cricket team by 5 wickets. In the match played at Rawalpindi Stadium, Zimbabwe, playing first, scored 147/8 after the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, the top order of the host team disappointed. However, thanks to the innings of Fakhar Zaman (44) and Usman Khan (37), Pakistan achieved the target in the last over. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.
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In this way the match was interesting
Zimbabwe got a good start with Brian Bennett (49) and Tadivanashe Marumani (30) making a partnership of 72 runs. After the fall of the wickets of these openers, Zimbabwe lost wickets at regular intervals and the team could not set a big target. In reply, Pakistan lost 4 wickets for 54 runs. After this Zaman and Usman showed struggle. In the end Mohammad Nawaz contributed to the victory by scoring unbeaten 21 runs in 12 balls.
Bennett becomes the batsman to score 1,500 runs in T-20 International
Bennett, who came to open the innings, missed the 10th half-century of his T20 international career. He was out after scoring 49 runs in 36 balls with the help of 8 fours. He completed his 1,500 runs in T20 Internationals and became the 5th Zimbabwean batsman to reach this figure. Before him, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Ryan Burl and Hamilton Maskadza had done this in Zimbabwe.
Fakhar Zaman missed half century
When Pakistan lost its third wicket at the score of 30 runs, Zaman came to the crease. He batted cautiously in the beginning and after settling on the crease, scored runs rapidly. He could not score the 14th half-century of his T20 international career. He scored 44 runs in 32 balls with the help of 2 fours and as many sixes. He now has 2,326 runs to his name.

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