Rizwan, Babar steady Pakistan

June 11, 2024 22:31

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Gordon to bowl his third over in the Powerplay. Rizwan eases some nerves in the Pakistan dressing room as he pulls the short ball over midwicket for a four.

He guides the third ball fine on the off-side for two runs before he takes a single from the last ball of the over.

Pakistan are 28/1 in six overs, with Rizwan on 16. They will be looking to bat freely in the middle overs and increase the tempo as they need a big win to keep their hopes alive.

Left-arm spinner Saad Bin Zafar comes into the attack, to bowl the seventh over.

He starts with a wide down the leg side as Rizwan misses the sweep before he picks the second ball for a single to midwicket.

A single each to Babar and Rizwan before the former clips the fifth ball through square leg for two runs followed by another single.

Spin from both ends as leg-spinner Junaid Siddique comes into the attack from the other end.

The experience duo of Rizwan and Babar are happy to pick the ones and twos as they easily collect six runs from the over, including five singles and a wide.

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