South Africa beat Pakistan by seven wickets courtesy of fireworks by Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen taking the Proteas to an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-game T20 series.
Despite setting a good target of 207, Pakistan could not contain the South African batters at the SuperSport Park, Centurion.
Chasing a daunting target set by Pakistan, South Africa’s innings got off to a shaky start with the early dismissals of Ryan Rickleton and Matthew Breetzke.
Rickleton managed just two runs from as many balls, while Breetzke contributed 12 runs off 10 deliveries, including a boundary and a six.
Following the early setbacks, opener Reeza Hendricks held his ground, guiding the Proteas to a respectable 52 runs at the end of the powerplay. Reeza remained steady with the bat hitting 117 off 63 deliveries with seven boundaries and ten sixes.
Next up was Rassie van der Dussen, unleashed fireworks hitting 66 off 38 deliveries with three fours and five sixes.
Jahandad Khan and Abbas Afridi dismissed two and one batters, respectively.
Earlier batting first, Pakistan posted a target of 207 runs, majorly backed by Saim Ayub’s 98 off 57 deliveries.
