An all-round Pakistan powered by performances from opener Mohammad Rizwan and spinner Shadab Khan cruised to their first victory of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 after defeating the Netherlands by six wickets in Perth on Sunday.
With this win, Pakistan have registered their two points and are at fifth position. Netherlands is at the bottom and is yet to gain a point. Mohammad Rizwan (49) and Shadab Khan (3/22) were the key architects of this crucial win
The explosive batter scored 51* off just 25 balls to help India post 179/2 in its 20 overs. In the process, Suryakumar took over Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan who was at the top of the scoring charts with 825 runs from 19 innings with a superb average of 51.56 in 2022.
Pakistan's middle order had been receiving flak for not performing to win matches and the batting order's overdependency on the opening duo of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam. Although good performances from middle-order batter Mohammad Nawaz helped Pakistan win the T20 Tri-Series in New Zeal
The all-rounder regained his top spot after some top-class performances in the recently concluded tri-series against New Zealand and Pakistan, in which he scored 154 runs in three innings with two back-to-back fifties
Pakistan prevailed in a nail-biting encounter, after Nawaz's blistering knock to hand Bangladesh a 7-wicket defeat in the ongoing Tri-series on Thursday
Chasing the target, the dependable duo of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan shared a century stand to lay an excellent platform for the coming batters. The opening pair stitched a 101-run partnership inside 13 overs to keep Pakistan ahead in the game.
India's Suryakumar Yadav moved considerably closer to Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan, the number one ranked T20I batter in the world, intensifying the competition.