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Match Details
PAK vs SA, 3rd ODI, PAK vs SA 2021 summary
SA
292-10(49.3)
Pakistan won by 28 runs
PAK
(50.0)320-7
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P'ship : 20(13)
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It was a pleasure bringing all the live updates and commentary for the third ODI. Till the T20I series and the most-awaited IPL coverage, it's adios amigos from me, Arjun Bhalla, and my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Anurag Dasgupta.
Babar poses a little with the trophy before handing it to Shaheen Afridi and the other junior boys. The whole Pakistani team has come now to cheer and pose for the cameras.
Babar Azam: It was fun today with the way the openers started and I just looked to carry that momentum. When we lost back to back wickets, I told all the new batsmen coming in that we needed a partnership. But I would like to give Hasan Ali credit, he used those two overs well at the end. When we saw the wicket yesterday, I felt spin could play a part here. So it's not that we weren't prepared for spin. Today they bowled well and I would credit to the players. Quite an important series for us, it gives our team and our players a lot of confidence. Hopefully we'll carry it to the T20s as well and try and win that.
Babar Azam has been adjourned the Man of Match for his knock of 94 runs.
Fakhar Zaman: My plan was very simple. I was looking to survive the first 8-10 overs and play normally. To be honest on these grounds, it isn't easy to bat with two new balls in the morning. So we were only looking to survive the first ten overs. It means a lot to score runs here. For the last two years I wasn't scoring much, so it was necessary for me and my team. Thanks to my skipper for giving me these opportunities. I'm happier at having won the series.
Fakhar Zaman was been awarded the Man of the Series for scoring 302 runs, including the masterclasses of 193 and 101.
Mark Boucher (Standing in for Bavuma): Never like to lose a series at home, but well played to Pakistan. They were the better team. We gave ourselves a chance with the ball towards the end, but losing early wickets put us back. We tried to set ourselves small targets and there are short boundaries. Spin seemed to be the best option, and maybe we bowled one too many at the end, but well done to them to exploit that. We played in pockets. When we were bad we were really bad and that's where Pakistan have capitalized. After the first game, there were some average dismissals which we put right in the second game. There were a couple of guys who came in, Malan, Kyle and Phehlukwayo put in good performances, but still, disappointed at the moment. (On missing five players) There are no excuses there, we knew some time ago what the situation was, so no excuses whatsoever. We are all working really hard in the nets and are having chats. Hopefully, we can win and learn. We just need one or two individual performances from the guys to get us over the T20s. Winning is a habit and we need to start winning games.
Arjun: Rauf removed Verreynnec to break the 108-run partnership. Soon followed the southpaw who became Hassan’s reward. After that, there was no hope left for the South African and in the end, Pakistan won the game by 28 runs to clinch this three-game ODI series by the score-line of 2-1.
Arjun: The duo started to build the partnership by knocking the ball around the park and then started to take chances by playing their aggressive shots. In no time, the stand between Phehlukwayo and Verreynnec was 50 runs' worth and then they took the bowling on to complete the century stand. However, another drama was awaiting.
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