Explosive start to Pakistan’s batting
Pakistan lost the toss and batted first. The entire team scored 190 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Sahibzada Farhan played a brilliant inning of 73 runs in 41 balls, which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. Babar Azam, who came at number four, scored 46 runs in 32 balls. Shadab Khan strengthened the innings by adding 30 runs in 12 balls. The rest of the batsmen could not even cross the two-digit mark in this innings.