Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Agha smash tons as Pakistan defeat South Africa in file chase | Cricket Information – The Instances of India

NEW DELHI: With a decisive six-wicket victory towards South Africa in Karachi on Wednesday, Pakistan superior to the tri-series ultimate because of a whole bunch from Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Agha.
With a surprising 122 not out, Rizwan led Pakistan’s most profitable chase in all one-day internationals, reaching 353 in 49 overs, whereas Salman hammered 134 for his first century on the Nationwide Stadium.
Within the occasion’s ultimate, which serves as a vital prelude to the Champions Trophy, which begins subsequent week, Pakistan will now play New Zealand on the identical venue on Friday.
Matthew Breetzke’s file of most runs by a batsman in his first two one-day internationals, which was 150 and 83, was eclipsed by the a whole bunch that Rizwan and Salman scored.

South Africa had amassed a formidable 352-5 because of Breetzke’s innings.
Salman and Rizwan put collectively a game-changing partnership of 260, setting a brand new file for Pakistan’s fourth wicket, surpassing the 206 put up by Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik towards India at Centurion in 2009.
As they surpassed Pakistan’s earlier finest profitable chase of 349 towards Australia in Lahore in 2022, their scorching innings ought to assist allay issues concerning the staff’s weak batting.
Salman scored 16 boundaries and two sixes in his 103-ball knock, whereas Rizwan blasted 9 boundaries and three sixes off 128 balls.
Earlier, after South Africa gained the toss, Breetzke adopted up his best-ever debut rating towards New Zealand in Lahore on Monday with a visually interesting 84-ball 83, laced with a six and 10 boundaries.
Breetzke surpassed West Indian Desmond Haynes’s complete of 195 runs in his first two video games in 1978, earlier than being brilliantly caught by spinner Khushdil Shah.

Temba Bavuma (82) and Heinrich Klaasen (87) each contributed to the vacationers’ spectacular rating, which was unabated by Pakistan’s famend bowling assault.
Because the batsman tried to complete a run, irate Pakistani quick bowler Shaheen Afridi aggressively argued with Breetzke as a result of wickets weren’t falling.
Shaheen and his opponent made bodily contact and spoke forwards and backwards earlier than being separated by umpire Asif Yaqoob.
Two of the South African staff’s 4 adjustments, Tony de Zorzi (22), and Bavuma, placed on 51 for the primary stand. Breetzke and the captain then put collectively a second-wicket stand of 119.

After hitting 13 boundaries in his 96-ball knock, Bavuma was run out.
Within the ultimate 10 overs, the South Africans added 110 runs because of Klaasen’s fast 56-ball knock, which included three sixes and eleven boundaries.
With 44 and 15, respectively, Kyle Verreynne and Corbin Bosch had been nonetheless within the recreation, serving to South Africa surpass 350.