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Pakistan after winning the toss invited South Africa to bat first in the second ODI on Sunday. The hosts put a big total of341/6 with the help of Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma's rollicking start. Rassie Van Der Dussen Knock in the middle overs and David Miller's cameo helped SA finish on high to level the series 1-1.
In response to that, Pakistan while chasing 342 runs kept losing wickets at regular intervals and unfortunately Fakhar Zaman's single-handed effort of 193 runs couldn't save them and ended in vain. However, Zaman's 193 (155) has got lot of attention from the cricket fans and the way with which Quinton de Kock run-out dismissal is also making rounds on social media.
Let us have look at some of the numbers from SA vs Pak 2nd ODI
2000: Fakhar Zaman on the course of his 193 run knock also achieved the milestone of reaching 2000 ODI runs. He has achieved that milestone from just 49 innings.
Fastest to 2000 ODI runs
Zaheer Abbas/ Babar Azam - 45 inns
Fakhar Zaman - 49 inns*
Salman Butt - 52 inns
Yasir Hameed - 54 inns
Inzamam-ul-Haq - 58 inns
51: South Africa now has won 51 matches vs Pakistan in ODIs, which is joint-highest for South Africa against a particular team.
Most wins for South Africa in ODIs
vs Pakistan - 51*
vs Australia - 51
vs India - 46
vs Sri Lanka/ West Indies - 44
193: Fakhar Zaman's 193 is the highest score in ODI while batting 2nd and also it's the 2nd highest score in ODI in a losing cause after Charles Coventry's 194*
10: Fakhar Zaman smashed 10 sixes his 193 run-knock and that is most for any player vs SA in SA
Most sixes in an innings vs SA in SA (ODIs)
Fakhar Zaman - 10*
Ricky Ponting - 9
Yusuf Pathan - 8
Shahid Afridi/ Upul Tharanga - 7
27: Babar Azam has recorded a feat scoring double digit-score consecutively for 27 innings in ODIs.
Most consecutive double figure score in ODIs
Javed Miandad - 29 innings
Babar Azam - 27 innings*
Kumar Sangakkara - 27 innings
2: Fakhar Zaman registered the highest ever ODI score of 193 in SA and he has become the only player to register highest individual ODI score in two different grounds (Zimbabwe and South Africa)
Highest ODI score
in Zimbabwe : 210* in Bulawayo, 2018
in South Africa : 193 in Johannesburg, 2021
4: Fakhar Zaman has won 4 MoM awards in his ODI career. Since his ODI debut, he has won joint-most MoM awards for Pakistan in ODIs.
Most MoM awards for Pakistan in ODIs since F. Zaman's ODI debut
Fakhar Zaman - 4*
Babar Azam / Usman Shinwari - 4