Overs 28 to 32: 19 runs, no wickets — and yet South Africa will take that every day. Their spinners bowled 30 dot balls in the phase, dragging the required rate from 3.8 to 4.2 and forcing Pakistan into a waiting game.
The squeeze
With the ball gripping and the field spread, boundaries dried up completely — no fours in the entire phase. Rizwan and his partner chose caution, and you cannot blame them: one wicket here and the tail is exposed far too early.
The positive for Pakistan? Wickets in hand. Six down means the power-hitters are still padded up. The negative? The longer this goes without a boundary, the louder the crowd's nerves get.
Next five overs
South Africa will bring back pace at one end. If Pakistan can take 30 off the next five without losing a wicket, the chase is theirs. Our next five-over report lands automatically — keep it locked on Arena.