Pakistan vs Australia first and second Twenty20 internationals 2024

 

Pakistan were defeated by Australia in the first and second twenty20 internationals by Australia in Brisbane and Sydney respectively. Australia has now won the twenty20 series and Pakistan will do well if they win the third twenty20 international against Australia. Pakistan should have won the second twenty20 international after restricting Australia to 148 run target which was a modest target. 

Only Usman Khan and Irfan Khan played innings of substance. Otherwise there wasnt any support at the other end to these two batsmen. If other batsmen had contributed too Pakistan would have probably defeated Australia in this twenty20 international.  Our bowling was good as usual but Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah conceded a lot of runs. 

In the first Twenty20 international which was a 7 over a side affair Pakistan were beaten by Maxwell's whirlwind innings. If they had got Maxwell out a lot earlier they would have won the first twenty20 international.

In the end what I would like to say is that had they selected Saim Ayub in this twenty20 squad Pakistan would have won this series by now.