Pakistan were off to a brilliant start against Australia in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup on Thursday in Dubai. Openers Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam had put 47 runs on the board for the first wicket in the power play overs.
While Rizwan was unbeaten at 21 off 18 deliveries, Babar scored 24 off 18 in the first six overs.
Rizwan though had a couple of hiccups as he was dropped twice, first by David Warner in the third over off Glenn Maxwell and then on the final delivery of the power play by Adam Zampa. Warner had to cover some ground to run back as he was stationed in the cover while Zampa, who was placed at deep fine leg put in a great effort as dived forward but couldn’t grab the catch.
Pakistan have come into the semi-final on the back of an unbeaten run in the competition after they comprehensively won all their group stage matches while Australia on the other side won four out of the five matches that they played.