Mohammad Rizwan and Haris Rauf took the limelight as Pakistan comfortably defeated England in the 4th T20I of the 7-match series. The series is currently level 2-2.
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Toss Update: England won the toss and opted to field first.
After being sent into bat first, Pakistan scored 166 on the board losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Mohammad Rizwan once again starred with the bat, scoring 88 runs to drive his team to a respectable total. Though the total doesn't seem to be daunting at all, it proved to be enough at the end with England fumbling.
England, chasing 167 runs to win, managed to score 163 losing 10 wickets in 19.2 overs. They had 3 wickets in hand needing just 5 runs to victory in the 19th over! Haris Rauf bagged 2 wickets in the 19th over and the last batting pair couldn't do the job in the final over.
Match result: Pakistan defeated England by a margin of 3 runs.
Haris Rauf has been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his crucial contribution of 3-32 from 4 overs. With this match, the Karachi leg in this 7-match T20I series comes to an end! The remaining 3 T20I will be played in Lahore with the fifth T20I on Wednesday (Sep 28).
Brief Scores: Pakistan: 166-4 in 20 overs (Mohammad Rizwan - 88, Reece Topley - 2-37) defeated England: 163-10 in 19.2 overs (Liam Dawson - 34*, Haris Rauf - 3-32) by a margin of 3 runs
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