Cricket World Cup 2023: South Africa defeat Pakistan in a nail-biting thriller | Oneindia News
In the heat of Chennai, South Africa and Pakistan locked horns in a historic nail-biting ICC ODI World Cup 2023 encounter this Friday. The thrilling encounter concluded with Proteas emerging victorious despite the Pakistan bowlers' valiant fight.
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00:00 South Africa and Pakistan locked horns in a historic, nail-biting ICC-ODI World Cup
00:15 encounter on Friday. The thrilling encounter, held at MH Dhamram Stadium in Chennai, concluded
00:22 with the proteas emerging victorious despite the Pakistan bowler's valiant fight.
00:27 Chasing a stiff target of 271, the South African batters kept their cool until the final over.
00:34 The last pair, Keshav Maharaj and Tabrez Shamsi, found the winning run for South Africa with
00:40 16 balls to spare. This unexpected result has left the Asian powerhouse Pakistan on
00:46 the brink of elimination from the tournament. Aidan Makram was the anchor for the South
00:51 African run chase, making a solid 91 of just 93 deliveries, but it was a game of shifting
00:57 fortunes as Pakistan bounced back, picking wickets in quick succession in the final overs.
01:04 With the ball, it was Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usama Mir and Mohd Wasim Jr who kept Pakistan
01:10 in the hunt. However, the match wasn't without its moment of drama. Pakistan all-rounder
01:17 Shahdaab Khan suffered a head injury in a run-out attempt and was replaced by spinner
01:22 Usama Mir, making him the first concussion substitute in the World Cup history.
01:28 Despite some quality knocks from skipper Babar Azam and South Shaquille, Pakistani batters
01:32 couldn't capitalise and were bowled out for a below-par score of 270. For the proteas,
01:39 left-arm spinner Tabrez Shamsi, who was playing his second World Cup game, shone with figures
01:44 of 4 for 60 and left-arm pacer Makhu Janssen returned with figures of 3 for 43. Janssen
01:52 was superb with the new ball, while Gerald Kowatzy also snapped up two wickets.
01:58 It all began with a maiden over from Janssen, who accounted for both the openers Abdullah
02:02 Shafiq and Imamul Haq as Pakistan slipped to 38 for 2 in the seventh over. However,
02:10 Pakistan captain Babar Azam tried to revive the innings and found some support from the
02:16 middle-order batters, but it wasn't enough. Babar scored yet another 50 but failed to
02:21 convert it into a big knock. Same was the story with South Shaquille, who also notched
02:26 up a 50, but the Pakistani team was bundled out for 270 inside 47 overs after electing
02:33 to bat first.
02:38 (upbeat music)