Tabraiz Shamsi was named as the player of the Match against Pakistan for his impressive bowling performance at MA. Chidambaram Stadium.
Shamsi on victory against Pakistan
Pakistan is scheduled to play in the 26th match of the World Cup 2023 against South Africa on October 27. Winning the toss, Pakistan chose to bat where Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq opened the innings while Marco Jansen opened the bowling attack.
Shafique scored 9 runs while Imam-ul-Haq scored 12 runs and was sent out by Marco Jansen. Babar Azam was impressive as he scored 50 runs on 65 deliveries before being sent out by Shamsi. Gerald Coetzee dismissed Rizwan for 31 runs, while Iftikhar Ahmed and Saud Shakeel scored 31 and 21 runs respectively before being sent out by Shamsi.
Shadab Khan helped the side with 43 runs on 36 deliveries while Nawaz scored 24 runs. Shamsi dismissed four wickets while Marco Jansen dismissed three wickets. Gerald dismissed two wickets. By the end, Pakistan scored 270 runs losing all 10 wickets.
With a target of 271, Bavuma and Quinton de Kock opened the innings while Iftikhar Ahmed opened the bowling attack. Mohammad Wasim Jr was impressive as he dismissed Bavuma for 28 runs while Quinton was sent out with 24 runs by Shaheen Afridi. With the dismissal of Rassie van der Dussen for 21 runs, South Africa was down to three wickets and scored 121 runs.
Aiden Markram scored 91 runs helping the side to get back in the competition. Other batters were sent out at regular intervals. Shaheen Afridi dismissed three wickets while Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, and Usama Mir dismissed two wickets each.
By the end, South Africa scored 271 runs on the 48th over and won the match with one wicket in hand. Tabraiz Shamsi was named as the Player of the Match.
While speaking after the match Shamsi said, “Really happy. I knew I had to do a job there, but the guys before me set it up. Credit goes to those guys too. I’ve played enough cricket to know sometimes it goes for you, sometimes it doesn’t.
I didn’t expect to be here with my pads on doing this interview. (On the last over) If I tried to play a big shot and if it didn’t come off, the boys wouldn’t welcome me back to the changing room.
So there was no doubt in my mind that I had to just defend and get Kesh on strike. These are the kind of moments you dream of, to be in the middle at the end and win your team a game. Kesh was unbelievable out there,” he concluded.
South Africa will be playing their next match against New Zealand on November 1 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
