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News India Live, Digital Desk: Quinton de Kock, who returned from retirement, once again proved why he is counted among the most dangerous batsmen in the world. A brilliant unbeaten century from his bat forced Pakistan to kneel on its own ground. In the second ODI match played in Faisalabad, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets and leveled the three-match series 1-1.
The bowlers broke their backs first
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first, but their decision soon proved to be wrong. South African fast bowler Nandre Burger wreaked such havoc with his pace and swing that Pakistan’s top order fell apart like a pack of cards. Burger put the host team in a difficult situation of 4 wickets for just 41 runs by cheaply sending big names like Fakhar Zaman, captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to the pavilion.
However, after this, Salman Ali Aga (69), Saim Ayub (53) and Mohammad Nawaz (59) played important half-centuries and took the team to a respectable score of 269 runs after losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Berger gave his career best performance by taking 4 wickets.
De Co-Zorzi show steals the show
Chasing the target of 270 runs, South Africa showed how excellent this pitch was for batting. Quinton de Kock and his young partner Tony de Zorzi attacked the Pakistani bowlers from the very beginning.
De Kock showed his natural aggressive game and hit shots all around the ground and completed his 22nd ODI century. He scored unbeaten 123 runs in 119 balls with the help of 8 fours and 7 skyscraper sixes. Tony De Zorzi also supported him from the other end and played a stormy innings of 76 runs in 63 balls. The 153-run partnership between the two completely snatched the match from Pakistan.
South Africa easily achieved this target by losing 2 wickets in just 40.1 overs and made a strong comeback in the series. Now the third and decisive match of the series will be played on this ground on Saturday.
