Australia’s Jake Fraser-McGurk plays a shot during the T20 international cricket match between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney, Australia. AP Photo/Rick Rycroft
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second T20 international match between Pakistan and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday (November 16, 2024). After a seven-over battle that went entirely the hosts’ way in Brisbane, we will now see Mohammad Rizwan’s men trying to stay alive in the three-match series with a win tonight. Can the Men In Green mount a comeback similar to the one they did in the preceding ODI series? Stay with us to find out. Follow the live cricket scores and updates from the PAK vs AUS match, right here.
LIVE UPDATES
Australia Vs Pakistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: Haris Rauf Strikes Twice
Haris Rauf was introduced into the attack in the fourth over and he got rid of the destructive batter Jake Fraser-McGurk on his fourth delivery. Salman Ali Agha took a fine catch. Australia have already crossed 50 runs in the fourth over and Matthew Short is still there. Josh Inglis came at number three and he also got dismissed on the last delivery of the over.
Australia Vs Pakistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: Openers Going Berserk
Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk have bamboozled the Pakistan bowling attack in the first two overs. After getting 21 runs from the first over, Naseem Shah leaked 16 runs in the next. Short managed to get two more boundaries in the third over.
Australia Vs Pakistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: AUS Start Batting
Australian openers are Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk. Pakistan opened the bowling attack with Shaheen Shah Afridi. The first ball went to extra cover for three runs as Australia opened their run-account. Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed him for three fours and a six to collect 21 runs from the first over.
Australia Vs Pakistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: What Captains Said
Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan Captain
Fighting spirit was fantastic (in Brisbane). Want to keep that here as well. One change – Sufiyan Muqeem comes in. He’s a good bowler, bowled well in the emerging tournament.
Josh Inglis | Australia Captain
We’ll have a bat. Nice to get a win on the board to start the series. It was only 7 overs, but I enjoyed how everyone went about it. We’ve got a really good bowling lineup. Heaps of options at our disposal.
Australia Vs Pakistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: Toss Update
Australia skipper Josh Inglis has won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem.
Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis(w/c), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson.
Australia Vs Pakistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: Squads
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Haseebullah Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Arafat Minhas, Omair Yousuf, Jahandad Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem .
Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis(w/c), Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Sean Abbott, Josh Philippe.
Australia Vs Pakistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: Start Time, Where To Watch
The first ball of the second Australia vs Pakistan T20I is scheduled to be bowled at 1:30 pm IST, with the toss at 1 pm. The match will be live-streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website in India. It will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India.
