Pakistan Beats Zimbabwe by 13 runs in 1st T20

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Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in the first T20I match by 13 runs, which was the first match of the two matches series. First T20I match was played on Sunday, 27 September 2015 at Harare Sports Club, when Imad Wasim took four wickets of the opponent team and he scored quick fire of 19 runs on mere 12 balls. The wicket was slow and Pakistan faced problems in scoring the huge total so after losing the wickets at the regular interval, Pakistan failed to score big total and Pakistan innings was restricted to 136 runs and in this way, Pakistan team gave the target of 137 runs in the allotted 20 overs.

Shoaib Malik was the highest scorer, who made 35 runs on 24 balls and Muhammad Rizwan scored 33 runs on 32 balls. Chibhabha took three wickets for Zimbabwe in the three overs after giving 18 runs. The wickets of Zimbabwe cricket teams were also fallen with the regular interval in which Imad wasim took four wickets and restricted their inning to 123 runs, resultantly, Pakistan won this first T20I match by 13 runs. Captain of Zimbabwe Cricket team, Elton Chigumbura scored 31 runs on 28 balls and he is the main scorer of his team.

Shahid Afridi: ‘I felt sorry for our batting as our batsmen could not perform well, which was expected from them. We set the target of 16-0-170 runs. The wicket was good and slow and our bowlers used it well & they restricted the opposite team to 123 runs. Imran Khan Jr is the new bowler and he gave only 2 runs in the last over to finish the match with victory of Pakistan for 13 runs. Imad is well as he is good replacement of Ajmal. The batsmen should take more responsibility in the coming matches.’

Imad Wasim: ‘Today I touch everything and it turned into gold. I batted well and scored 19 runs over 12 balls & bowled wicket to wicket, which my captain and coach told me and I did this.  Some days you can show your performance and some days are not good for you. I had to do my job and I grabbed four wickets to contribute in the victory of Pakistan.’

Elton Chigumbura: ‘Today was bad day for us, as we could not win this match after restricting Pakistan to small total of 136 runs. Our batting could not do well and we failed to chase this small target. The regular falling of wickets hindered us to get this target and we lost this easy match.’

Teams

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (C), Ahmed Shahzad, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanveer, Imad wasim, Mukhtar Ahmed, Muhammad Rizwan (W), Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan Junior, Shoaib Malik.

Zimbabwe:Elton Chigumbura (C), Prosper Utseya, Hamilton Masakadza, Panyangara, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Chamu Chibhabha, Jongwe, Mutumbami (W), Greame Cremer, Craig Ervine.

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