Pakistan beat South Africa 2-1 in ODI series:Win third match by 7 wickets, Babar flops again; Ayub’s fifty, Abrar takes 4 wickets

Pakistan beat South Africa in a ODI series at home after the T20I series. The home team won the third match by 7 wickets in Faisalabad. Batting first at Iqbal Stadium on Saturday, the visiting team was all out for 143 runs. Pakistan achieved the target by losing only 3 wickets in 25.1 overs. Opener Saim Ayub scored a fifty to lead the team to victory, but former captain Babar Azam once again flopped. He was run out after scoring 27. He had scored his last international century 82 innings ago. South Africa crumbled after a good start South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. Luhan de Pretorius and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock gave the team a strong start. Both made an opening partnership of 72 runs. Pretorius was out after scoring 39 runs, from here the team lost its last 9 wickets while scoring 71 runs. Abrar Ahmed took 4 wickets Quinton de Kock scored a fifty, taking the team past 100 runs. He was out after scoring 53 runs. After him, Tony de Zorzi scored 2, captain Matthew Breetzke 16, Rubin Hermann 1, Donovan Ferreira 7, Bjorn Fortuin 4, Kabayomji Peter 16, and Nandre Burger 3 runs. Lungi Ngidi and Corbin Bosch could not even open their accounts. South Africa was all out for 143 runs in 37.5 overs. 7 players from the team could not cross the 10-run mark. For Pakistan, spinner Abrar Ahmed took 4 wickets for 27 runs. Salman Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, and captain Shaheen Afridi got 2 wickets each. Fakhar couldn’t open his account, Babar flopped Chasing a target of 144 runs, Pakistan lost the wicket of opener Fakhar Zaman in the very first over. He couldn’t even open his account. Babar Azam, who came in at number 3, steadied the team with Ayub. Babar was run out after scoring 27, and the team lost its second wicket at a score of 65 runs. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan then took the team past 100 runs with Ayub. Ayub was out after scoring 77 runs. Salman Agha then joined Rizwan and led the team to a 7-wicket victory in the 26th over. Rizwan remained unbeaten on 32 and Agha on 5 runs. Bjorn Fortuin and Nandre Burger took 1-1 wicket each for South Africa. Pakistan won both white-ball series The Test series between Pakistan and South Africa was drawn 1-1. The T20 series was won by Pakistan 2-1. The home team also won the ODI series 2-1. South Africa had won the second ODI, while Pakistan won the remaining matches of the series.