Proteas seal series victory in second T20 against Pak

Series winner South Africa cruised to a six-run victory over hosts Pakistan in the second Twenty20 international in Dubai on Friday.

Set 151 for victory, Pakistan were 112 for four needing 39 from 32 balls for the win before Imran Tahir bowled Shoaib Malik (15) and Abdul Razzaq (0) in successive balls, following which Wayne Parnell had innings top-scorer Sohaib Maqsood (37) caught by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock at the start of the next over to rock the sub-continent side.

According to Sport24, Pakistan never recovered from the losses and as the run-rate slowed, South Africa rang the death knell by taking the key wicket of Shahid Afridi (14) with eight balls remaining, which sealed Pakistan's fate and ended their 20 overs on 144 for nine.

South Africa, who claimed the two-match series 2-0, had earlier won the toss and elected to bat with captain Faf du Plessis top-scoring with a 58 not out from 48 balls, Hashim Amla re-discovering his form with 48 from 41 balls and young opener De Kock hitting six fours in his 30 from 19 balls.

The two teams will now travel to South Africa for a two-game T20 and three-match one-day international series starting on Wednesday, the report added.