Pakistan vs Australia 2nd T20I Match Today Live Cricket Score Updates: Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha’s 76 off 40 balls and Usman Khan’s 53 in 36 balls were the two pillars for Pakistan as they put up a total of 198 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs on the second T20I against Australia.

Agha led their charge in the powerplay and the first half of the middle overs, hitting eight fours and four sixes. Pakistan lost a couple of wickets un quick succession after a bumper powerplay, in which they scored 72 runs largely thanks to Agha and Saim Ayub. Usman and Shadab bid their time in the latter stages of the middle overs before accelarating in the death to get Pakistan close to 200. Pakistan lead the series 1-0 and a win today will help them confirm a series win.

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Australia: Matthew Short, Travis Head(c), Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe(w), Jack Edwards, Xavier Bartlett, Adam Zampa, Mahli Beardman, Mitchell Marsh, Sean Abbott, Marcus Stoinis, Ben Dwarshuis, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Khawaja Nafay, Usman Tariq

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