Twitter Reactions: Usman Khan and Pakistan set up decider at the Newlands
Pakistan won with 111 balls to spare.
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Pakistan started the ODI series against South Africa on a grand note with a victory in Port Elizabeth. But they lost two matches in a row and were required to win the fourth match at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The Men in Green didn’t have much trouble in rolling over the Proteas by eight wickets. Most importantly, they drew level in the series with the deciding match to be played in Cape Town.
Shinwari destroys the hosts
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first and they got off to a brilliant start as Shaheen Shah Afridi nipped out Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks early. Thereafter, Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla took charge and put on a stand of 111 runs in 125 balls to inject momentum into the Proteas’ innings. Shadab Khan got rid of du Plessis, who scored 57 from 76 balls with five fours and a six, to break the stand.
After four overs, left-arm spinner Imad Wasim rattled Amla’s woodwork after the right-hander notched 59 runs from 75 balls with seven boundaries. Then wickets fell in heaps as the home team was bowled out for 164 in 41 overs. Usman Shinwari looked at his very best and brushed off the tail, picking up four wickets. Even as Shadab and Shaheen got two wickets each, Mohammad Amir and Imad got one each.
Pakistan win in a canter
Pakistan started the run-chase in a positive manner courtesy of a 70-run stand off 80 balls between Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman. The latter, who has had a torrid time of late, scored 44 runs at a run-a-ball with seven fours. He fell prey to leg-break bowler Imran Tahir. Imam, at the other end, looked calm and composed and didn’t seem like throwing his wicket away at any stage of the run-chase.
He scored his half-century in 67 balls and almost saw his team through to victory and was nipped out by Andile Phehlukwayo with the visitors needing one run. Babar Azam didn’t play a shot out of anger and remained not out on 41 runs from 53 balls with a couple of fours. Mohammad Rizwan, who replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed in the eleven, cut the ball away through point for a four to hit the winning runs.
Here is how Twitter hailed Pakistan
Wonderful performance Pakistan! Clinical with the bat and ball, so heartening to see them dominate a top ranked team. Congratulations @realshoaibmalik and the boys. Best of luck for final match.
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) January 27, 2019
Proteas completely outplayed today.. #SSCricket
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) January 27, 2019
After a sensational bowling performance and imaginative and bold captaincy by Malik Pak need to play DRS better as thunderstorms are predicted throughout the afternoon..
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) January 27, 2019
Huge responsibility on @realshoaibmalik after ban on #sarfaraz. I hope he will give his best today & for rest of the series as well.
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) January 27, 2019
Wow great display of reverse swing by @Usmanshinwari6 and skills with new ball by Shaheen afridi, overall a good bowling effort by the bowlers #PakvSA
— Sohail Tanveer (@sohailmalik614) January 27, 2019
Can anyone remember an ODI where there have been 3 left arm seamers in one team.. like we have for Pakistan today???
— Shaun Pollock (@7polly7) January 27, 2019
I love the pink day!!! Special scenes at the Bullring. Go the boys! #ProteaFire #PinkDay
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) January 27, 2019
#SAvPAK RECORD BROKEN! Pakistan have ended South Africa's unbeaten run in Pink ODIs beating them by 8 wickets in Johannesburg
"Ye hai Naya Pakistan" pic.twitter.com/IdaYL17DU7
— Memes of Pakistan (@MemesOfPakistan) January 27, 2019
2019 WC until the knockout phase is all about finding the last 2 semifinalists with England & India being the first two.
NZ – SA – Australia – Pakistan.
Only two will make the cut.
What are your choices?#SAvPAK #INDvNZ
— SwingAndSeam (@swing_seam) January 27, 2019
Shamsi: Aur suna maza aa rha hai?
Tahir: Bhai is se acha tu hi khel leta, Bohat maarte hain ye.#SAvPAK #PinkODI pic.twitter.com/VZbE0oB4a2
— Ù Ž À Ì Ř (@Al8Uzair) January 27, 2019
Sarfraz Ahmed be like :
😂😂😂 #SAvPAK #PAKvsSA pic.twitter.com/OTz6p03q0n
— Mariam Jamali (@Mariam_Jamali) January 27, 2019
Surely there will be talks about Sarfaraz’s captaincy compared to Shoaib Malik. Being the first talented team to defeat South Africa in Pink definitely is a proud moment. Aggressive field settings, bowlers being well utilised and batsmen playing maturely! #SAvPAK
— Asad Khan (@kasadlive) January 27, 2019
Malik done it by wth great captaincy congratulation pak team @realshoaibmalik#SAvPAK
— SyEd ShAmAs ALi NaQvi (@Syedshamasnaqvi) January 27, 2019
Pakistan🇵🇰
2013 ▶️ 1st Asian team to beat South Africa 🇿🇦 in their home ground
2019 ▶️ 1st team to beat South Africa 🇿🇦 in pink odis#SAvPAK— hAsEEb Lhr Qalanders 🇵🇰 (@seebi17) January 27, 2019
Pak🇵🇰 beat SA by 8 wickets in 4th ODI
– This is first time SA bowled out on
Pink day match
– Pak becomes the only team who
beat SA on Pink Day
– Shadab completed his 100
international wickets
– S Malik win match for Pak in
his captaincy after 10 years #PAKvSA #SAvPAK pic.twitter.com/vmvUqgb78U— Green Shirts (@Greenshirts_7) January 27, 2019
Most ODI wins against South Africa in South Africa
Australia – 20
Pakistan – 12
India – 10
England – 8#SAvPAK— Muneeb🇵🇰 (@IamMuneebLali) January 27, 2019
WOW!!! The final amount raised in the clash between the #Proteas and #Pakistan at the Wanderers. 😀 Thank you everyone for the phenomenal support. #PitchUPinPink #PinkODI #MomentumShift #ProteaFire #SAvPAK #PinkDay @OfficialCSA @Momentum_za @amlahash @faf1307 pic.twitter.com/LTKRLOVOQP
— iFaizel (@FaizelPatel143) January 27, 2019
Sarfraz avg this series: 24
Rizwan avg this series : 4/0 = ∞#SarfrazOut #pinkodi #pinkday #SAvPAK #Cricket #PAKvSA
— Abdul Moiz Memon (@majcfc09) January 27, 2019
#PinkODI Streak is broken!!! #SAvPAK
SouthAfrica Fans now : pic.twitter.com/Y8OivcU6pv— Chandler Bing (@SarcasmChamp) January 27, 2019
Imam-ul-Haq's impressive ODI record:
Innings 20
Runs 1082
Average 63.64
Fifties 5
Hundreds 5
Strike-rate 81.78#Cricket— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) January 27, 2019
Congratulations Pakistan on make it 2-2. Impressive captaincy by Shoaib Malik, captained in an ODI after 10 years after 24 Jan 2009, 25th win as captain in 37 ODIs. Imam's 63.64 is 2nd highest ODI batting average with batsmen over 1K runs after ten Doeschate's 67.00. @ImamUlHaq12
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) January 27, 2019
Congratulations pakistan,South Africa outclassed,now there is a good chance of winning the series
— Saleem Khaliq (@saleemkhaliq) January 27, 2019
What a team, Captain suspended on a match day, So much on out of the field but Team down South Africa in South Africa in ODI for 164 and sealed it with commanding batting. Shiwari and Imam take a bow. Malik did great job too. All set for Grand Finale.#PAKvSA
— Abdul Ghaffar (@GhaffarDawnNews) January 27, 2019
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