South Africa edged past Pakistan in a last-ball thriller to register a six-wicket victory in a warm-up match in the T20 World Cup 2021 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Top-order batter Rassie Van Der Dussen stole away the limelight as he guided his team to a win, scoring a boundary off Hasan Ali on the last ball of the 20th over. The match went down to the wire in a high-scoring encounter. Pakistan kept things tight as South Africa needed 19 runs off the last six balls. Van Der Dussen and David Miller had an uphill task at hand on a slow and dry track in Abu Dhabi. However, both batters came out all guns blazing, with each hitting a six inside the first three balls of the over.
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T20 WC 2021: South Africa's Rassie Van Der Dussen scored an epic last-ball hundred to script a thrilling six-wicket win against Pakistan in the warm-up game in Abu Dhabi.
T20 WC: Rassie Van Der Dussen scored an epic ton to guide South Africa to victory vs Pakistan.© Instagram
Highlights
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Rassie Van Der Dussen scored a ton to guide South Africa to win vs PAK
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Rassie scored 2 fours on the last two balls of the match to seal the win
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This was SA's 2nd win in warm-up ties, they had beaten Afghanistan before
Batting first, Pakistan posted a challenging 186/6 in their 20 overs. Fakhar Zaman played a 52-run quick-fire knock in just 28 balls. Kagiso Rabada bowled brilliantly to finish with three wickets.
Apart from Van Der Dussen, batter Temba Bavuma contributed with a fine knock of 46 runs in 42 balls.
This was South Africa's second victory in as many warm-up matches. Earlier, they had defeated Afghanistan by 41 runs.
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