Colombo. In the opening match of the T20 World Cup, Faheem Ashraf’s excellent power-hitting helped Pakistan defeat the Netherlands by 3 wickets after an exciting match.
In the first match of the T20 World being played in Colombo, the Netherlands gave Pakistan a target of 148 runs to win, which Pakistan crossed in the last over for the loss of 7 wickets.
In pursuit of the target, Pakistani opener Saim Ayub started the innings aggressively but returned to the pavilion in the third over. Saim Ayub scored 24 runs off 13 balls with the help of 4 fours and a six and was caught by Aryan Dutt. Opener Sahibzada Farhan was the outstanding batsman for Pakistan with 47 runs. Apart from them, Faheem Ashraf scored an unbeaten 29 runs off 11 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. While Saim Ayub also proved to be a prominent batsman by scoring 24 runs.