With his maiden T20I ton, Reeza Hendricks lifted South Africa to its first T20I bilateral collection win since August 2022, because the Proteas celebrated a 7-wicket win within the second match towards Pakistan on the SuperSport Park. South Africa wanted one thing particular from its gamers after Pakistan hammered 206/5 on the board. With David Miller out of the fray, all eyes have been on South Africa’s enjoying XI, considering who might rise to fill in his function. The query remained unanswered till Hendricks walked in to resolve the destiny of the sport. His exploits with the bat handed Rob Walter his first T20I collection win since taking up the white-ball teaching function in March 2023.
After being invited to area first, the inexperienced South African line-up conceded the fifth-highest first-innings whole at SuperSport Park, however they chased it down with three balls to spare.
The backbone of South Africa’s record-breaking chase was solid by the 157-run partnership between Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen.
While Hendricks went berserk and fired sixes for enjoyable, Van der Dussen scored his seventh T20I half-century to make Pakistan’s star-studded bowling line-up look abnormal.
While chasing a testing whole of 207, South Africa misplaced Ryan Rickelton (2) and Matthew Breetzke (12) within the powerplay. With the asking fee beginning to mount up, Hendricks upped the ante and went about his enterprise with out breaking a sweat.
The duo navigated South Africa in the direction of victory as Pakistan’s over-reliance on the slower deliveries began to harm their trigger. Hendricks finally holed it to Irfan Khan in the direction of the tip earlier than Dussen settled the collection in type, smoking the ball into the stands.
Earlier within the match, Pakistan misplaced its skipper Mohammad Rizwan early forcing Babar Azam and Saim Ayub to go after the South African bowling unit.
The duo took Pakistan to 101/1 after 11 overs however South Africa discovered a method again into the combo, courtesy of debutant Dayyaan Galiem and spinner George Linde.
The duo bowled in tandem as Pakistan have been decreased to 136/4 in 16 overs. Ayub and Irfan Khan mixed to rack up 73 from 32 balls for the fifth wicket, propelling the guests whole to 206/5.
With an unassailable 2-0 lead within the collection, Pakistan and South Africa will face within the ultimate match of the T20I-leg on Saturday.
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