Pakistan and Australia teams compete at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)


Melbourne: In the first match of the three-match ODI series, Australia defeated Pakistan by two wickets on Monday.
Pakistan and Australia teams played the match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where the host team won the toss and decided to field.
Pakistan team was bowled out for 203 runs in 46.4 overs. Saeem Ayub was dismissed by Mitchell Starc for one run while Abdullah Shafiq was also dismissed by Starc for 12 runs.
Babar Azam and Adam Zampa were dismissed for 37 runs while Kamran Ghulam scored five runs and fell victim to Pat Cummins' ball.
Salman Ali Agha was dismissed by Sean Abbott for 12, while captain Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 44 runs by Marnes Labushin, and Shaheen Shah Afridi was dismissed for 24 runs off Starc.
Naseem Shah was dismissed by Pete Cummins for 40 and Haris Rauf was dismissed for zero by Adam Zampa.
On the other hand, Josh Ingles and Steve Smith of the Australian team were the top scorers as they scored 49 and 44 runs respectively.
Haris Rauf got three wickets, Shaheen Shah Afridi got two, and Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain got one wicket each.
Pakistan Playing XI
Pakistan's playing XI includes Abdullah Shafiq, Saeem Ayub, Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Muhammad Hasnain.
The Pakistani cricket team is currently on a tour to Australia to play a series of three ODIs and three T20 matches.

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