In the sixth T20 match, England has easily defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets and leveled the 7-match series at 3-3.
The seventh and final match of the Pakistan-England bilateral series in Lahore will be played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on Sunday.
Thanks to captain Babar Azam’s unbeaten 87 runs, Pakistan scored 169 runs for 6 wickets and gave the English team a target of 170 runs.
Considering the excellent performance of the Pakistani bowling line in the last two matches, the target of 170 runs was considered big.
The English batting line-up, especially opener Phil Salt, made it easy thanks to his brilliant batting, as he played an unbeaten 87 off 41 balls.
England achieved the target of 170 runs in 14.3 overs at the loss of only 2 wickets.
English openers Phil Salt and Alex Hales did not let the Pakistani bowling line run from the beginning and completed the team’s half-century with lightning speed.
The visitors’ first wicket fell on 55 in 3.5 overs when Alex Hales returned to the pavilion with 27 off 12 balls, his wicket falling to Shadab Khan.
For the second wicket, Phil Salt put on a 73-run partnership with David Mullan and made the match completely one-sided.
David Mullan, who scored 26 runs off 18 balls on a total of 128, was also sent to the pavilion by Shadab Khan.
For the third wicket, Phil Salt shared an unbeaten 42-run partnership with Ben Dunk and made Pakistan two-four with an easy defeat.
Pakistan scored 169 runs for 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs thanks to captain Babar Azam’s unbeaten 87 runs in the sixth T20 match and set a target of 170 runs for the English team.
In the match being played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, England decided to field first after winning the toss like in the previous match.
On the seventh wicket, Babar Azam and Mohammad Nawaz scored an unbeaten 33 runs off 18 balls against the strong bowling line of the English team.
Babar Azam played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 7 fours, during which he faced 59 balls.
Mohammad Nawaz scored 12 runs off 7 balls, he also hit a six during this.
Earlier, Mohammad Haris, who was included in the team in place of Mohammad Rizwan, opened in his debut match along with captain Babar Azam, he returned to the pavilion by scoring 7 runs with the help of a six for a total score of 14.
The fall of Shaun Masood, left lbw for no runs, for the Green Shirts’ second wicket of 15, Haider Ali came in to support captain Babar Azam after two wickets fell.
The duo put on a partnership of 47 runs for the third wicket, with Hyder Ali also leaving the captain’s side on a total of 62. He faced 14 balls during his innings of 18 runs.
On the fourth wicket, captain Babar Azam tried to push the score forward with Iftikhar Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed left the field after playing 31 runs off 21 balls in 14.3 overs.
A partnership of 48 runs was established in 35 balls between the two players.
Pakistan has a 2-3 lead in the seven-match series.
Pakistan has made 2 changes in the team for the sixth match, Mohammad Rizwan and Haris Rauf have been rested, Shahnawaz Dhani is back in the team while wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris is playing his first T20I today.
The national team is led by Babar Azam, vice-captain Shadab Khan, Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Hyder Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Shahnawaz Dhani and Aamir Jamal are part of the playing XI.
Moeen Ali, the captain of the English team, says that he has decided to bowl after seeing the wicket.
Pakistan team captain Babar Azam said that they will try to give a target of 160 to 170 runs.
