Pakistan can keep hoping against hope for a miracle after doing what was needed of them today. They have raised their game to take the mighty South Africans down, continuing their perfect record against the Proteas at T20 World Cups. What a stunning turnaround after finding themselves at 43/4 with the bat, having won the toss. It was Iftikhar Ahmad and Shadab Khan who launched a brilliant counter-attack with their partnership of 82 off just 35 balls. And then having turned it around with the bat, Shadab came back to turn it around with the ball as well, getting rid of Bavuma and Markram in three balls just before the rain break. That over proved decisive as South Africa found themselves staring at a steep equation after overs were reduced. And the task was near impossible against the quality of death bowling we saw from Wasim and Naseem.
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