Pakistan vs Zimbabwe taking place today has been Zimbabwe’s second-highest opening in T20WC yet.
Craig Ervine and Wessly Madhevere took 42 together before the
Vusi Sibanda and Brendan Taylor shared a first-wicket stand of 74 against England in 2007. This is Zimbabwe’s best opening partnership in T20 World Cup’s since.
The first player was taken by Craig Ervine at 42 runs with 4.6 overs which broke off the partnership between the players. Haris Rauf, always Pakistan’s go-to man took the wicket finely.
The second play of Zimbabwe, Wessly Madhevere, was the next to go at 43 runs with 5.2 overs by Muhammad Waseem.
However, after these two wickets, Zimbabwe started crashing down fast as they lost 2 more wickets.
These two more wickets fell down thanks to Shadab Khan which made the team’s total to 4 wickets in just 6 balls with no runs.
Zimbabwe are falling apart. They’ve lost four wickets in the last six balls. And not scored a run.
The team has given a target of 131 after losing 8 wickets.
Pakistan has played 17 matches against Zimbabwe between which Pakistan won 16.