Australia has never lost a match until the last run is scored or the last wicket down” is a very popular phrase and the same has proved once again, as the team crushed the favourite’s of the T20 World Cup 2021 and goes into the final of the tournament. It was an incredible performance by Matthew Wade and that made Australia enter into the final of the T20 world cup and this is happening for the second timer in history. Matthew Wade smashed three consecutive sixes in the last over and made things easy for Australia and they will now face New Zealand on Sunday.
Well, Pakistan was dismissed from the T20 World Cup but they also ended a marathon record as well. Pakistan lost a match in UAE after a series of 16 victories that means Australia has ended their winning streak as well. It is worth mentioning that Pakistan reached the semi-final round of the T20 World Cup 2021 without losing a single match. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Australia versus Pakistan.
Speaking about the game, Australia won the toss and elected to field first and it was an incredible performance by Mohammed Rizwan who was admitted to the hospital before the 24 hours of the match and he passed through the fitness test at the last moment. Mohammad Rizwan smashed 67 runs from 52 deliveries and made a record as well. He scored 1,000 runs in a calendar year in the T20 format and becomes the first player to do so. Moving on, his partner Babar Azam also registered a new record as he scored 2,500 runs in the format and becomes the first player and he also scored 303 runs in the tournament and overtook his batting coach Matthew Hayden record of scoring 265 runs in 2007 world cup.
After that, Fakhar Zaman showcased his character and smashed 55 runs that helped Pakistan to reach 176 runs with the loss of 4 wickets on the board.
In the reply, David Warner took his bat confidently and smashed 49 runs from just 30 but he was dismissed by a wrong decision and interestingly David Warner didn’t choose the review option. While Mitchell Marsh added 28 runs in his account and at one stage Australia was behind Pakistan but the sensational partnership of Marcus Stoinis as well as Matthew Wade, as they scored 40 and 41 runs respectively. It is worth mentioning that the catch of Matthew Wade was dropped by Hasan Ali in the 19th over and then he showcased an amazing performance by smashing 3 sixes in the over of Shaheen Shah Afridi and guided his side to the final of the tournament. Australia beat Pakistan by 5 wickets and spared one over.
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