Australia outplayed Pakistan in all the 3 departments as Aussies clinched the Series by 2-0. Australia’s top 3 batsmen: Finch, Warner and Smith set the stage on fire with their dominating performance/s. As Glenn Maxwell took rest in the name of Mental illness it was important that the Trio of Finch, Warner and Smith displayed scintillating performances. Pakistan’s performance in this T20I Series was a mediocre one as earlier Sri Lanka had disseminated and scattered Pakistan by winning the T20I Series by 3-0 in their own backyard.
#Australia
Australia’s skipper Aaron Finch scored 106 runs which included one half century. Finch has now made himself accustomed to captaincy as the runs are coming at a good pace. Steven Smith scored 80 runs in this T20I Series where he scored 80 runs in the 2nd T20I Match. Steven Smith who now is getting acclimatize to the shortest format as he is playing T20I cricket after 2016 T20 WC. David Warner scored 70 runs and he provided the early boost and impetus but wasn’t able to convert his starts into half century. David Warner in this T20I Series wasn’t as destructive as compared to Sri Lanka T20I Series where he was incredible. The middle order of Australia hasn’t played ample cricket in all these 6 T20I Matches where Sri Lanka looked in all sorts of trouble and Pakistan failed to capitalize on the key moments as a result all these 2 Nations failed to give Aussies a sniff.
Kane Richardson the 3rd Seamer of Australia was the leading wicket taker with 6 scalps to his name. It looks like the quest of a 3rd Seamer has finally ended with the emergence of Kane Richardson who was a treat to watch. Ashton Agar the crafty left arm spinner took 4 wickets. The style of Agar’s bowling was productive as he was economical too. Mitchell Starc who now is becoming a bit of Yorker Machine took wickets. Starc is getting better day by day with his hunger to perform on the grand stage and his Yorkers were devastating. The bowling department of Aussies looks impeccable but the only concern is that their spinners don’t have experience of playing on the big stage; the Selection Committee of Australia should trust Zampa and Agar till World Cup if Aussies want the Coveted Trophy of T20 World in their Cabinet or Hall of Fame; because constant chopping and changing of players would create insipid atmosphere in the dressing room
#Pakistan
Pakistan’s new T20I Skipper Babar Azam took the Cricketing World by Storm as he was the leading run scorer with 115 runs which included 2 half centuries. The pressure and burden of captaincy produced brilliant performances from Babar Azam and he made statement that if a player performs to his potential then leadership group doesn’t matter. Iftikhar Ahmed the middle order performance amassed 108 runs which included one half century. Iftikhar’s ability of playing lofted shots and taking the team out of trouble was his distinctive trait. The middle order performance was very much awful as none of them displayed performances which were attractive and eye-catching.
The bowling department which consisted of Aamir, Wahab and Irfan; all three of them failed to put the brakes on scoring and there was not any significant performance. The absence of Hassan Ali and Shaheen Afridi is hurting Pakistan a lot as these 2 bowlers were the backbone of the bowling department. The Selection Committee should make sure that the mix of youth and senior bowlers should be inculcated in their team if they want to beat Champion Teams as the T20 WC is banging the door.
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