Bad condition of Australia in Pakistan. (Photo- PTI)
PAK vs AUS 3rd T20I: Before the T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan has won a historic series against Australia at home. The last match of the 3-match T20 series between the two teams was played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In this match, Pakistan performed brilliantly and defeated Australia by 111 runs. With this victory, Pakistan clean swept the series 3-0. It is also worth noting that Pakistan has clean swept Australia in the 3-match T20 series for the second time and has also become the first team to achieve such a feat.
Pakistan put 200+ runs on the board
In this match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first and put a big total on the board. Pakistan’s innings had a good start. Sam Ayub scored 56 runs in 37 balls, which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Babar Azam played an unbeaten inning of 50 runs. Shadab Khan batted explosively and scored 46 runs in 19 balls, which included 5 sixes. Thanks to these batsmen, Pakistan scored 207 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
AUS team could not even score 100 runs
Australia had a very poor start in reply to this target. The team lost 3 wickets in the powerplay itself. Cameron Green scored 22 runs on 24 balls and Marcus Stoinis scored 23 runs on 22 balls, apart from these no other player could touch the 20 run mark. Due to which the entire Australian team was reduced to 96 runs in 16.5 overs. However, Adam Zampa could not bat due to injury.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s bowlers showed an amazing game. Mohammad Nawaz took 5 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs and was the most successful bowler of the match. Shaheen Shah Afridi also took 2 wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs. Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed also took one wicket each. Let us tell you, earlier in the year 2018 also, Pakistan had defeated Australia 3-0 in the 3-match T20 series. At the same time, Australia has faced a clean sweep only for the third time in the 3-match T20 series. Apart from Pakistan, India has also done this feat once.