Delhi: South Africa defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the second T20 match and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. With this victory, South Africa also equaled a world record of India. Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 207 runs for South Africa, which South Africa achieved in 3 balls with the help of Reeza Hendricks’ century. During this run chase, South Africa equaled the record of chasing the maximum number of runs of more than 200 in T20.
Pakistan cheated Sam Ayub, despite having 98 runs, did not give him a chance to score a century.
equaling India’s record
This record belonged to India, which has chased scores above 200 five times so far. South Africa equaled this record by chasing 207 runs against Pakistan. Apart from this, Australia is also included in this list, which has chased the target of 200+ five times.
Teams with most chases of 200+ runs in T20I
5 times – South Africa
5 times – India
5 times – Australia
3 times – England
3 times – Pakistan
Pakistan failed to defend 206
This match was nothing special for Pakistan, because it was the first time that Pakistan could not defend a score of more than 200. This was Pakistan’s biggest score in defeat while batting first. Earlier, in 2020, Pakistan had failed to defend the score of 195 runs against England.
Pakistan failed to defend the target of 200+
206/5 vs South Africa, 2024
195/4 vs England, 2020
193/5 vs New Zealand, 2023
191/6 vs Australia, 2010
Video: Gill told whether Indian youngsters are afraid of Australia?
