This was Pakistan’s 41st victory in One Day International cricket on Australian soil, after which it has left India behind in this particular matter. Earlier, India and Pakistan were the Asian teams that had won the most number of ODI matches on Australian soil, but now Pakistan has overtaken India.
West Indies have won a total of 75 One Day International matches in Australia, followed by England, who have won 53 matches in Australia. Pakistan is at third position with victory in 41 matches. Whereas India has won a total of 40 matches in Australia. Now Pakistan has left India behind among Asian teams. Australia won the first match of the series by three wickets.
Talking about the match, Pakistan won the toss and invited Australia to bat first. The Australian team was all out for 163 runs in just 35 overs. Haris Rauf took five wickets and was also named player of the match. Haris Rauf took five wickets and was also named player of the match. Shaheen Afridi took three wickets. Steve Smith made the maximum contribution of 35 runs for Australia. Apart from Smith, no other Australian batsman scored even 20 runs. The remaining batsmen kept getting out between 13 and 19 runs.
In response, Pakistan won the match by scoring 169 for one wicket in 26.3 overs. Sam Ayub played an inning of 82 runs, while Abdullah Shafiq scored 64 runs.
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