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T20 World Cup | Semi-Final | Mohammad Rizwan dazzles in semis, hits a composed fifty

Mohammad Rizwan, who has been in great form throughout the T20 World Cup 2021 dazzled in the semi-finals as well as he reached his 11th T20I fifty and third of the competition. 

Batting against Australia, the start of the wicket-keeper batter was not on expected lines as he was not able to open his account in the first five balls that he faced.

But once that period was over he started exploring options even as Babar Azam at the other end made merry of the form he is in, showing his class on the field. Rizwan, who is batting on 51 off 42 balls, at the time of writing this piece, was in a 71-run partnership for the first wicket with Babar. 

After the dismissal of the captain, the vice-captain Rizwan started to build another stand with Fakahar Zaman and at the end of the 15 overs, he has had a 46 runs stand with the left-hander, which came in just 30 balls. Being at the crease and the kind of batsman he is, the player from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be looking to unleash the beast within. 

Presently Rizwan has hit two fours and three sixes.

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