Pakistan’s Usman Tariq celebrates taking a wicket with teammates throughout their second T20I towards Australia on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on January 31, 2026. — PCB
Inexperienced Shirts on Saturday set a number of new data throughout their dominant 90-run win over Australia within the second T20I of the three-match sequence at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
Opting to bat first, the house facet collected an enormous whole of 198/5 in 20 overs, courtesy of blistering half-centuries from captain Salman Ali Agha and wicketkeeper batter Usman Khan.
Agha top-scored with a 40-ball 76, studded with eight fours and 4 sixes, whereas Usman smashed six boundaries, together with two sixes, on his option to a 36-ball 53.
Their batting prowess helped Pakistan register their highest rating towards Australia in T20Is, surpassing the earlier better of 194/7, which they achieved in the course of the league-stage match of the Zimbabwe-hosted tri-series in 2018.
Set to chase a frightening 199-run goal, the 2021 champions’ batting unit was dismantled by Pakistan spinners, who shared all 10 wickets between them for the primary time within the shortest format, whereas it was the second such incidence throughout a T20I between two full-member nations.
Reigning champions India had been the primary group to attain the feat throughout their fifth away T20I towards West Indies in 2022.
General, in T20Is, nonetheless, it was the tenth occasion when the spinners took all 10 wickets.
Main Pakistan’s spin cost had been Abrar Ahmed and Shadab Khan, who picked up three wickets every, adopted by Usman Tariq with two, whereas Saim Ayub and Mohammad Nawaz chipped in with one apiece, as Australia had been booked 108 in 15.4 overs and thus succumbed to a gruelling 90-run defeat.
Pakistan’s 90-run victory over Australia within the just lately concluded fixture is now their largest towards Australia in T20Is, bettering their 66-run triumph within the first T20I of the 2018 sequence, performed within the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in 2018.
