South Africa overcome Pakistan by the barest of margins to take an absolute #CWC23 cliffhanger in Chennai 🔥#PAKvSA 📝: https://t.co/pnYCNcuisM pic.twitter.com/Lazz5NlyWz
— ICC (@ICC) October 27, 2023
Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:18pm on 27 Oct 2023,Friday Sports
South Africa held on for a thrilling 1-wicket victory over Pakistan in Chennai, moving top of the table. Aiden Markram starred with 91 before his dismissal opened the door for a Pakistan comeback. With 21 needed off 24 balls, Markram's wicket sparked a collapse, but Keshav Maharaj sealed the win. Earlier, Babar Azam's half-century powered Pakistan to 270 all out. Marco Jansen removed both openers before Babar and Rizwan's partnership was broken. Shadab Khan and Saud Shakeel counterattacked before late wickets fell. For South Africa, Rabada was out injured while Bavuma returned. The teams came in needing to bounce back from recent defeats. But since then, their fortunes diverged with South Africa finding form again versus Pakistan's struggles. This is the fourth defeat in a row for Pakistan, which means that their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals are almost over, with them having to depend on other results going their way. Another loss will effectively eliminate Pakistan, closing all doors.
