Opener Fakhar Zaman’s scintillating 193 was not sufficient for Pakistan who misplaced the second ODI to South Africa by 17 runs at The Wanderers on Sunday (April 4) because the hosts levelled the three-game sequence.
Fakhar was left to do all of it on his personal as Pakistan reached 324/9 in reply to South Africa’s 341/6, his power-hitting together with 18 fours and 10 sixes for the record rating in ODIs in Johannesburg, beating the 175 by Herschelle Gibbs towards Australia in 2006. It was additionally the perfect rating by a visiting participant to South Africa, with the following highest in Sunday’s Pakistan innings being 31 from captain Babar Azam.
Fakhar’s magnificent innings of 155 balls ended in weird style when he cantered house for a second run off the primary ball of the ultimate over, but a throw from the fence by Aiden Markram was a direct hit and the batsman’s glorious likelihood for a second double-ton in the 50-over format was gone.
The vacationers had elected to area first and South Africa’s spectacular whole was boosted by 4 tremendous half-centuries, every completely different in their make-up. Newly-appointed captain Temba Bavuma scored 92 from 102 balls and warmed to his process because the innings wore on, whereas opener Quinton de Kock regarded edgy and had luck in his 80 from 86 balls.
Rassie van der Dussen, who obtained a century in the primary match in Pretoria on Friday, saved up his good kind with a robust 60 from 37 balls that included 4 sixes, earlier than David Miller completed the innings with 50 not out from 27 balls.
Seamer Haris Rauf was comfortably the decide of the Pakistan bowlers with 3-54 from his 10 overs. The third and ultimate ODI is scheduled for Pretoria on Wednesday but South Africa will probably be with out main gamers De Kock, Miller, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje as they head to the Indian Premier League.
