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Pakistani bowlers failed to stop South Africa from chasing a 207-run target as Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen powered their team to a dominating 7-wicket victory in the second T20I of the three-match series at SuperSport Park, Centurion on Friday.
Chasing a daunting target set by Pakistan, South Africa’s innings got off to a shaky start with the early dismissals of Ryan Rickleton and Matthew Breetzke.
Rickleton managed just two runs from as many balls, while Breetzke contributed 12 runs off 10 deliveries, including a boundary and a six.
Following the early setbacks, opener Reeza Hendricks held his ground, guiding the Proteas to a respectable 52 runs at the end of the powerplay. Reeza remained steady with the bat hitting 117 off 63 deliveries with seven boundaries and ten sixes.
Next up was Rassie van der Dussen, unleashed fireworks hitting 66 off 38 deliveries with three fours and five sixes.
Jahandad Khan and Abbas Afridi dismissed two and one batters, respectively.
Earlier batting first, Pakistan posted a target of 207 runs, majorly backed by Saim Ayub’s 98 off 57 deliveries.
Saim opened the innings for Pakistan with skipper Mohammad Rizwan and kept a steady flow of runs.
The skipper’s innings, however, was short-lived as he fell against Ottneil Baartman after scoring just 11 runs from 13 balls.
Saim was joined by Babar Azam who struck back-to-back fours. The Men in Green’s scoreboard was ticking at 45/1 after the powerplay came to an end.
