New Delhi: Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade played unbeaten knocks of 40 and 41 respectively as Australia defeated Pakistan by five wickets to enter the final of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup here at Dubai International Stadium on Thursday.
Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade emerged as an overnight sensation, after Hasan Ali dropped a simple catch of him, post to which he played ramp shot to complete a hat-trick of sixes and take Australia to the finals, while needing 6 off 7 balls.
In the last five overs, Australia needed 62 runs to win. Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis kept on registering boundaries and in the last two overs, Aaron Finch’s side needed 22 to win.
In the second last over, a simple catch of Wade dropped by Hasan Ali came to bite Pakistan, as Australia registered a win by five wickets. Wade scored 41 off just 17 balls.
Watch the three consecutive sixes from Matthew Wade off Shaheen Afridi:
? Haris Rauf’s low diving catch
? Fakhar Zaman’s 50 with a six
? Matthew Wade’s triple sixesVote for your @nissan #POTD for Semi-final 2 ?️https://t.co/a1rjp1pAxn pic.twitter.com/ejEQT0QEWX
— ICC (@ICC) November 11, 2021
However, Wade’s three consecutive sixes turn out to be the moment of the match and on the other hand Shaheen Afridi was subjected to cruel trolling on social media:
#ShaheenShahAfridi is the wisest guy today in internet. ?? pic.twitter.com/wP9OxT8sZm
— Nirob islam (@nirobislam04) November 11, 2021
Karma works.#ShaheenShahAfridi pic.twitter.com/QuyzE7faJU
— Azzy_sh ?? (@Azzy_sh) November 11, 2021
That’s a real reason why hasan ali dropped Matthew Wed catch on Saheen Sah Afridi Ball ?#maukamauka#PAKvAUS#PKMKBForever#ShaheenShahAfridi #fixing #fixed #T20WorldCup #Hasan_Ali pic.twitter.com/UB3PIsmfKe
— विनय कुमार शुक्ला (@hitman20835) November 12, 2021
I love you #ShaheenShahAfridi pic.twitter.com/5dsbeLxVuf
— b_krishna143 (@B_krishna143) November 12, 2021
#maukamauka #AustraliavsPakistan #Australia #ShaheenShahAfridi #Pak #DavidWarner #T20WorldCup21
Thank you, #Wade !!! ?
6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣
That’s it, That’s the tweet!!! pic.twitter.com/H4oxukjp7E
— ∆ S H U ?? (@Aatmanirbhar4) November 11, 2021
#ShaheenShahAfridi The Perfect Climax Finally Inner Peace ????❤️,Ahhhh Those Last 3 Sixes From @MatthewWade13 Are Just???❤️. pic.twitter.com/Vip6ZoRjpI
— RcBAli (@RcBAli2) November 11, 2021
I was bursting crackers, my neighbors called the police. Now they arrested him????
Especially for the Indians who were burning firecrackers after India’s defeat against PAK#PKMKBforever #RememberTheName #Wade #afridi #Australia #India #PAKvAUS #maukamauka #ShaheenShahAfridi pic.twitter.com/0gpVR7Qb2H
— ∆ S H U ?? (@Aatmanirbhar4) November 11, 2021
