“Padosi is khush so far”- Twitter reacts as Pakistan post a small total after lackluster batting in the final against England
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Pakistan post 137/8 against England in the T20 World Cup 2022 final
It’s the final of T20 World Cup 2022 and Pakistan posted a defendable target of 137/8 against England on Sunday, November 13 at the MCG in Melbourne. Sam Curran scalped three crucial wickets.
English captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to field first. From the very start, England’s tight bowling tied up the arms of the Pakistan batters; they were slowly scoring runs but kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
When openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan walked out to bat, Ben Stokes bowled a no-ball on the first ball of the innings. The next ball was wide, but that were the only mistakes from English bowlers.
When Sam Curran was handed the ball in the fifth over, on his second ball, he dismissed the dangerous Rizwan, who scored 15 runs from 14 balls. Young Mohammad Haris, who played his fourth innings in this tournament, was sent to the ground to play big shots, but Adil Rashid dismissed him in his first over. Haris could score just eight runs from 12 balls.
The next to depart was Pakistan skipper Babar on the first ball of the 12th over off Rashid. Rashid has now dismissed Babar four times in T20Is. Babar scored 32 runs from 28 balls when Rashid’s googly made Babar pull it off the back foot, but the bat hit the upper part of the bat and traveled toward the bowler; Rashid reacted quickly, dived, and grabbed the catch. It was also a wicket-maiden over for Rashid.
The next batter, Iftikhar Ahmed, could not open his innings when Stokes sent him back for a duck on the second ball of the 13th over. Pakistan reached the 100-run mark in the 15th over.
Curran returned in the 17th over, and on his third ball, he showed a well-set batter, Shan Masood, a way back to the pavilion. He delivered a slower one on the length which Masood attempted to heave over the leg side but mistimed badly; Liam Livingstone grabbed a simple catch. Masood departed after a 28-ball 38-run knock with two fours and a six.
Fans expected Shadab Khan to produce something extraordinary, but all he scored was 20 runs from 14 balls with two sixes before Chris Jordan, on the second ball of the 18th over, dismissed him with his short ball. Shadab attempted a big shot and lost his shape; he then ended by skying a simple catch to Chris Woakes, who was stationed at the mid-off.
Curran grabbed his third wicket by dismissing Mohammad Nawaz on the third ball of the 19th over. Wasim also gave away his catch to Livingstone in the final over bowled by Jordan. In the end, all Pakistan could score was a small total of 137/8 in their 20 overs.
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