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Pakistan team is currently playing against Sri Lanka in the fourth match of their campaign in the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first at the turf of Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. Following the early dismissal of star batter Mohammad Rizwan, the young batter Mohammad Haris came to bat at number 3.
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Harris is appearing in his first T20I since the match in which he made a debut against England earlier on the 30th of September. In his first-ever appearance in the 20-20 World Cup, Haris played a blistering knock of 28 runs off just 11 balls with two fours and three sixes.
The cricketing fraternity is also in awe of the 21-year-old for his amazing approach in his career’s first-ever 20-20 World Cup. The legendary all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin also heaped his praises meanwhile for the Peshawar-born prodigy.
Here’s how the cricketing fraternity and fans reacted:
Just 5 balls in and this Haris. Phew🔥🔥. #T20WorldCup #notjinxingit 👏👏
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) November 3, 2022
Mohd Haris is carrying his PSL style into the World Cup! This is done start!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 3, 2022
Players may have scored more...but that 28 off 11 from Mohammad Haris was the best innings by a Pakistan batter in this World Cup. #PAKvSA pic.twitter.com/2bk0wD7c6G
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) November 3, 2022
Brilliant knock by Mohammad Haris. 28 off 11 balls against the world’s best pace attack. An impactful innings backed by loads of intent. The runs may not reflect in future in his averages but such innings are extremely important in T20 cricket.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) November 3, 2022
Never forget that this is the same Mohammad Haris that has been on the bench for 17 out of 18 games since his international selection.
— Haroon (@hazharoon) November 3, 2022
Mohammad Haris packed a whole lifetime in the first five balls he faced in a World Cup.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) November 3, 2022
Mohammad Haris showing Asif Ali how to hit six.🫠
— Avinash Aryan (@AvinashArya09) November 3, 2022
Imagine facing your first three T20 World Cup deliveries from Kagiso Rabada and hitting it for 6, 6 & 4. Fearless Mohammad Haris 🔥 #T20WorldCup
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) November 3, 2022
Mohammad Haris coming in & playing his first game of the T20 WC with the kind of intent the entire Pakistan team should have been playing with to begin with. The case of not qualifying for semis, if it does happen will be purely down to the approach,regardless of the conditions.
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) November 3, 2022
28 off 11 balls for Mohammad Haris, an innings more impactful than most fifties 👏 #T20WorldCup
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) November 3, 2022
Speaking of the match, Batting first, Pakistan has posted a total of 185 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Other than Haris, senior all-rounder and vice-captain, Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed smashed brilliant half-century knocks of 51 and 52 respectively.
Mohammad Nawaz also added a contribution of 28 runs off just 22 balls with four boundaries and a six to his name. Anrich Nortje ended up as the leading wicket-taker for the South Africans by scalping four wickets conceding 41 runs in his quota of four overs.
South Africans have a target of 186 runs to chase in the 20 overs. Notably, the win in this match will also help the Proteas to reach the top of the Group 2 table surpassing India who recently outplayed Bangladesh.