Babar Azam scored the second slowest half-century for Pakistan.

Babar Azam scored the second slowest half-century for Pakistan. The national team captain completed a half-century off 49 balls.

Babar Azam scored the second slowest half-century for Pakistan.File: photo

National team captain Babar Azam scored the second slowest half-century for Pakistan. In the second T20 match of the series being played in Johannesburg, Pakistan invited South Africa to bowl first. Sharjeel Khan started the innings with Mohammad Rizwan for the national team but the hero of the previous match Rizwan lost his wicket on the first ball. Sharjeel Khan's innings were also limited to only 8 runs.

After both the openers were dismissed for 10 runs, veteran Mohammad Hafeez came to the aid of captain Babar Azam and both of them tried to make up for the initial loss by forming a partnership of 58 runs. In an attempt to play offensively, Hafeez scored 32 runs with the help of 6 fours. Make and walk.

Haider Ali's innings was 12 runs, Faheem Ashraf also scored 5 runs. Babar Azam completed half a century but he was seen struggling throughout the innings and eventually returned to the pavilion after scoring 50 off 50 balls.

Hassan Ali hit two sixes in a row but was caught on the boundary in the third attempt. Pakistan scored 140 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated overs. Babar Azam's half-century was Pakistan's second-slowest half-century in the T20 format after Shoaib Khan Jr. scored a half-century off 52 balls in a match against Zimbabwe in 2008. Two changes to Pakistan's squad for the match Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Hasnain have been included in the final XI in place of Fakhr Zaman and Haris Rauf.

According to the team management, Fakhr Zaman has suffered from allergies due to which Sharjeel Khan was given a chance to replace him in today's match. South Africa did not change their squad despite losing the last match. The Pakistan team includes Babar Azam (captain), Sharjeel Khan, Haider Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Fahim Ashraf, Hassan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Qadir, and Mohammad Hasnain, while the South African team is Henry Klaassen (captain). , Janman Milan, Aiden Mercrum, Pete Van Bulguin, Wehan Lobe, George Linde, Andile Flکquio, Sisanda Magala, Bjorn Hendricks, Lizard Williams and Tabriz Shamsi.