PAK vs ENG T20 World Cup Yesterday Match Result: Who won yesterday’s match in Pakistan vs England T20 World Cup Super-8 match, know the full result, important moments and highlights of the match here.
Pak vs Eng T20 Match Result: On Tuesday 24 February, England defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the Super-8 match of the ICC T20 World Cup. With this victory, the English team also became the first team to reach the semi-finals. Pakistan won the toss and batted first and set a target of 165 runs. In reply, England won in the last over thanks to a stormy century by captain Harry Brook. Brook was named player of the match.
Bad start for England, Brook took charge of the innings
England had a very poor start while chasing the target of 165 runs. Phil Salt was dismissed by Shaheen Afridi on the very first ball. After this Jos Buttler also returned to the pavilion cheaply. Bethel’s wicket also fell till the score of 35 runs. Usman Tariq gave the fourth blow to England by dismissing Benton on the first ball of his over. However, captain Harry Brook remained at one end. He completed his half-century in 28 balls. In the 12th over, Usman Tariq gave the fifth blow to England by dismissing Sam Curran. There was a partnership of 45 runs between Karan and Brook.
Brook’s century and the thrill of the last over
After this Will Jacques and Harry Brook batted fast. Brook completed his century in 50 balls. However, he was out soon after his century. When Brook was out, England needed just 10 runs from 18 balls. But in the next over, Nawaz took two wickets and brought the match to an exciting turn. England needed 3 runs in the last over, while Pakistan needed 2 wickets. Jofra Archer gave England victory by hitting a four on the very first ball of Salman Mirza.
Pakistan’s innings: respectable score despite bad start
Before this, Pakistan also did not have a good start. Sam Ayub was out after scoring 14 runs in the third over. After this, Captain Salman Aga also quickly returned to the pavilion. Pak team lost two wickets in powerplay. However, there was a good partnership between Sahibzada Farhan and Babar Azam. Babar scored 25 runs in 24 balls, but could not extend his innings and was out in the 11th over.
Farhan scored valuable 63 runs for Pakistan
In the 14th over, the team’s score crossed 100 and Farhan completed his half-century in 37 balls. He scored 63 runs in 45 balls. After this Adil Rashid dismissed Fakhar Zaman (25 runs). In the 18th over, Pakistan suffered two setbacks in the form of Usman Khan and Nawaz. Archer sent Afridi to the pavilion in the 19th over. Pakistan scored 164 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals are almost over.
Group 2 of Super-8 includes England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. England has reached the semi-finals by winning both its matches. New Zealand had one match canceled due to rain, due to which it got 1 point. Pakistan also has 1 point in 2 matches. Sri Lanka had lost in its first match. Pakistan now has only one match left. Even if he wins, he will have a maximum of 3 points. At the same time, Sri Lanka and New Zealand still have two matches left, due to which Pakistan’s hopes of semi-finals are almost over.