Sydney: South Africa and Pakistan are also playing important matches in the T20 World Cup on Thursday. Batting first, Pakistan scored 185 runs in the match being played at the Sydney Ground. South Africa have a target of 186 runs to win.

Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Pakistan suffered a batting collapse from the start. Madmad Rizwan was dismissed by Parnell for 4 in the first over. Captain Babar Azam fell to Nigdi for his personal score of 6. Iftikhar Ahmed and Shahdab Khan later took over the innings. Both of them played half-centuries. Shahadab Khan top-scored for the team with 52 off 22 balls. Iftikhar Ahmed scored 51 off 35 balls. The Pakistan team managed to score 185 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Anrich Nortje took four wickets for South Africa.