Pakistan highest run chase in T20: Highest run chase in T20 by Pakistan

Pakistan highest run chase in T20: Pakistan have registered their fifth-highest T20I run-chase at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

During the eighth Asia Cup 2022 match between India and Pakistan in Dubai, Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets to avenge their loss at the same venue last Sunday.

Chasing a 182-run target, Pakistan didn’t get off to the best of starts. Captain Babar Azam (14) getting out cheaply was a primary reason behind them scoring 44/1 in the powerplay.

Batter Fakhar Zaman (14) batting at a strike rate of 83.33 didn’t help their case but promoting all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz to No. 4 turned out to be a game-changing decision by the team management.

Batting for the first time at No. 4, Nawaz not only broke the shackles to get their innings going but also put his team ahead in the chase. A brave stroke-filled innings saw the southpaw scoring 42 (20) with the help of six fours and two sixes at a strike rate of 210.

A match-winning 41-ball 73-run third-wicket partnership between wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan (71) and Nawaz made it difficult for India to stage a comeback.

Not that India didn’t get an opportunity of dominating again, pacer Arshdeep Singh dropping a simple catch in the 18th over, bowlers bowling too many wides in the death overs and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar leaking 19 runs in the 19th over witnessed them handing the advantage back to Pakistan.

Arshdeep finding Pakistan batter Asif Ali (16) wanting in front of the stumps in the last over did provide a brief ray of hope but Iftikhar Ahmed (2*) was able to score a couple of runs on the penultimate delivery of the match to seal the run-chase.

Pakistan highest run chase in T20 (table has been updated)

Pakistan zindabad 🇵🇰

— Sarfaraz Ahmed (@SarfarazA_54) September 4, 2022

Readers must note that Pakistan have registered their fifth-highest T20I run-chase tonight. Four out of their five highest T20I run-chases have come since the start of 2021.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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