Pakistan defeated England by one wicket in the fourth match of the tri-nation ODI series. Shadab Khan made the impossible possible by putting on an 89-run partnership for the last wicket with Haris Rauf and led the national team to victory.
In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan achieved the target of 242 runs in the 48th over. Shadab Khan played an unbeaten innings of 113 runs. He scored the first century of his career while batting brilliantly.
In response to the target of 242 runs set by England, Pakistan did not have a very good start. Half the team, including Babar Azam, had reached the pavilion at 102 runs. Then 9 wickets had fallen at 154 runs and the match could have ended at any time, but Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf came together as the last wicket.
Haris stopped and Shadab slowly started to push the score forward. Shadab completed 50 runs off the first 52 balls, hitting seven fours and a six, then the partnership between the two started to strengthen.
After being declared not out on review at 97, Shadab Khan completed his century. With the help of 12 fours and four sixes in 92 balls, he scored the first century of his ODI career and after getting new life, both players scored the remaining 21 runs to take Pakistan to the final of the Tri-Nation Series.
Player of the Match Shadab Khan remained unbeaten on 113 runs, Haris Rauf scored 7 runs, Saad Baig scored 32, Salman Agha 26, Hassan Nawaz 15, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman scored 10 runs each.
Jamie Overton took three wickets, while Atkinson and Dawson took two wickets each.
Earlier, the England team, batting first against Pakistan, was bowled out for 241 runs in 46.4 overs.
For England, Ben Duckett played a brilliant innings of 105 runs off 111 balls, while Sam Curran stood out with 42 runs off 52 balls.
For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4 wickets for 46 runs, while Razaullah took 2 wickets for 38 runs.
Arafat Minhas took 2 wickets for 26 runs, while Haris Rauf took one wicket for 55 runs.
Earlier, Pakistan had won the toss and decided to field. Speaking after the toss, England team captain Harry Brook said that if we had won the toss, we would have batted first.
On this occasion, Pakistan team captain Shaheen Afridi said that an additional spinner has been added to the team, two changes have been made to the team, Razaullah will make his debut, while Shadab Khan has returned to the team.
Shaheen Afridi said that Naseem Shah injured his finger during warm-up, while Faheem Ashraf has been dropped from the team.