Opener Saim Ayub was left stranded two runs short of a qualifying hundred in the second T20I between South Africa and Pakistan in Centurion. Ayub scored an unbeaten 98 off just 57 balls to help Pakistan finish with a strong total.
However, there was an incident during the match that Abbas Afridi denied a request from Ayub to leave him lost on 98. After the fourth ball of the last over of Pakistan's innings, Saim Ayub, who was at the end of the person who did not hit, to hear. telling the striker Abbas Afridi to take one ball off the next ball.
“Oye ab single le le (Just take one now),” said Ayub. However, Abbas did not accept Ayub's request and smashed four off the next ball. It was a full ball outside off stump and Afridi threw his hands to get an outside edge at short third. With just one ball left in the innings, Ayub's chances of reaching a hundred were greatly reduced.
Watch: Abbas Afridi denies Saim Ayub's request to leave him stranded on 98
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Saim Ayub had only a slight chance to reach a hundred only when he was wide on the last ball. However, Ottniel Baartman bowled a legitimate delivery which led to a single.
Ayub fell just two runs short of a century, but was successful in taking Pakistan to an impressive score of 206-5 in 20 overs. He hit 11 fours and 5 sixes during his knock. Abbas Afridi played a fiery cameo of 11 runs from 4 balls.
Saim Ayub unfortunate not to register a hundred
Interestingly, Saim Ayub was very unfortunate not to reach a hundred. The opener did not get to play a single ball in the last nine balls of Pakistan's innings. But he had done his job by playing a magnificent knock.
Meanwhile, Pakistan reached 206-5 after Saim Ayub's stunning knock of 98. Babar Azam and Irfan Khan also played crucial cameos of 31 and 30 respectively as Pakistan looked to be in the lead at the end of the first innings.
Reeza Hendricks firing for South Africa
After a big score, South Africa started badly and lost the first two wickets with just 28 runs on the board. But Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen put on a brilliant partnership of 157 runs for the third wicket to put South Africa ahead.
Hendricks scored a match-winning 117 off just 63 balls and hit 7 fours and 10 sixes when he batted. On the other hand, Rassie van der Dussen scored 66 from 38 balls and remained unbeaten till the end.
South Africa scored in the last over with three balls to spare. It was a miserable day at the office for the Pakistan bowlers. With this win, South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.
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