Friday to break on advance for the semi-finals and annihilate their opponents from the tournament.
Australia captain Steven Smith hit an best 63 off 43 assurance to beacon his ancillary to 193-4, afore James Faulkner took 5 wickets, including two off afterwards deliveries in the final over, to advice his aggregation allowance the win.
For Pakistan, Khalid Latif fabricated 46 off 41 assurance while Shoaib Malik remained best on a 20-ball 40. Umar Akmal 32 and Sharjeel Khan 30 aswell contributed to the aggregation total. Skipper Shahid Afridi about could alone administer to account 14 off 7 assurance in a lot of acceptable his endure candid bout for Pakistan.
Earlier, Australian skipper Steven Smith played a captain's innings on Friday, accidental an best half-century to set Pakistan a appalling 194-run ambition in the acute World Twenty20 Cool 10 date match.
Smith, who won the bung and autonomous to bat on a green-tinged angle at Mohali, addled an best 61 off 43 assurance afterwards Australia absent three wickets in quick succession.
Fit-again paceman Wahab Riaz did the antecedent damage, bowling in-form Usman Khawaja for 21 and barter David Warner on nine.
Aaron Finch, brought in at the top of the adjustment for his aboriginal bold of the tournament, went next, bowled by left-arm spinner Imad Wasim for 15 to leave Australia disturbing on 57-3.Smith, however, steadied the address aided aboriginal by Glenn Maxwell (30 off 24 deliveries) and again by the big-hitting Shane Watson.
Watson addled four fours and three sixes to chase to an best 44 off 21 deliveries as Australia took 66 runs off the endure 5 overs.
Imad Wasim best up 2 wickets for 31 runs, while paceman Wahab Riaz, who replaced Mohammad Irfan for the game, took 2 for 35.
Australia, behest for a aboriginal World Twenty20 title, fabricated two changes to the aggregation that exhausted Bangladesh in their endure match, bringing in the big-hitting Aaron Finch in abode of Mitchell Marsh and Josh Hazlewood for John Hastings.
Australia were fourth in Accumulation Two abaft New Zealand, who are already through to the semi-finals, with Pakistan and India.
Pakistan, who absent to India and New Zealand but aswell exhausted Bangladesh, bare a achievement to accumulate their hopes of authoritative it to the semi-finals alive.
Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi fabricated one change to the aggregation that absent to New Zealand with paceman Mohammad Irfan, who conceded 46 runs in his allotted four overs, getting replaced by Wahab Riaz.
Speaking afterwards Australia won the bung and chose to bat, Afridi said: “I anticipate batting aboriginal is acceptable idea, but does not matter. Today's bout is added important for us. The boys apperceive the accent of this game.”
He said that fast-bowler Mohammad Irfan will blow out the bold and that pacer Wahab Riaz will alter him.
When asked about his retirement, Afridi said: “No, I didn’t yield any accommodation (regarding my retirement). I will do it in foreground of my nation."
Teams:
Australia: UT Khawaja, AJ Finch, DA Warner, SPD Smith (Captain), SR Watson, GJ Maxwell, JP Faulkner, PM Nevill, A Zampa, NM Coulter-Nile, JR Hazlewood
Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Sharjeel Khan, Rashid Latif, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi (Captain), Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Sami
Pakistan accept bend over Australia in T20Is
Geo News contributor Faizan Lakhani adds: Pakistan attending to advance its all-embracing T20I almanac adjoin Australia today as the two abandon will altercation at Mohali’s Punjab Candid Association Stadium. Pakistan enjoys a acceptable head-to-head almanac adjoin Australia in T20I competitions, both in mutual and World T20 competitions, with 8-5 all-embracing and 3-2 bend in WT20 matches.
The encounter, a accept to win bout for Pakistan, is aswell the aboriginal Pakistan vs Australia bold on Indian clay afterwards 16 years.
Here’s statistical examination of Pakistan vs Australia bold in accumulation 2 of the cool 10 date in ICC World T20:
- This is Pakistan’s 6th bout adjoin Australia in World T20 competition, the a lot of Pakistan has played adjoin any opponent. Pakistan and Australia become the additional a lot of common opponents in World T20 tournaments afterwards Sri Lanka and West Indies who faced off for 7 times in WT20 tournaments.
- Pakistan enjoys 3-2 almanac adjoin Australia in World T20 matches played amid the two teams, so far. Pakistan won in 2007, 2012 and 2014, while Australia won alert in 2010 – aboriginal in accumulation bout and again in semi-final.
- This is alone the additional time Pakistan and Australia are affair on Indian soil. Endure they met in Mumbai for an ODI in 1989 area Pakistan won by 66 runs.
- In absolute 13 Pakistan vs Australia amateur so far, The Green Shirts authority a almanac of 8-5 adjoin Kangaroos. Pakistan has won three of endure 5 matches adjoin Australia.
- Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi needs three wickets to become the aboriginal man to complete 100 T20I wickets, he currently has 12 added than any added bowler.
- Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal leads batting blueprint in head-to-head competitions amid two teams with 366 runs in 12 matches, he’s not allotment of the team. His brother Umar is additional in the account 303 runs in 11 matches. Australia’s David Warner has denticulate 269 runs in 11 T20Is adjoin Pakistan.
- Pakistan’s Mohammad Aamir has taken 12 wickets in 4 T20Is adjoin Australia. His boilerplate 9.33 is best by any bowler in T20Is adjoin Australia, arena at atomic four games.
- Saeed Ajmal, with 19 wickets in 11 matches, leads the bowling blueprint in head-to-head amateur amid these two teams in the beeline architecture of the game. For Australia, Dirk Nannes is alone amateur to accept wickets account adjoin Pakistan in bifold figures, with 10 victims in 5 matches.
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