Pakistan dismantled Australia by 90 runs in Lahore, clinching their three-match T20 series 2-0 with a performance that felt less like a warm-up and more like a statement.
Captain Salman Ali Agha struck 76 off 40 balls—his highest T20 score ever—while Usman Khan added a brisk 53 as Pakistan posted 198-5, their highest total against Australia in this format. The real story, though, belonged to Pakistan's bowlers. A quintet of spinners carved through Australia's batting lineup, claiming all 10 wickets. Abrar Ahmed took 3-14, Shadab Khan 3-26, and the pressure was so relentless that Australia folded for 108 in just 15.4 overs. It's Pakistan's biggest T20I win over the visitors.
"It has to be a perfect game," Agha said afterward, and on this night, it was. "We batted well and then were outstanding with the ball. Fielding was outstanding." The confidence in those words mattered. Pakistan had already won the first match by 22 runs on Friday, also in Lahore, so this wasn't a one-off performance. This was rhythm.
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Start Your News DetoxAustralia's captain Mitchell Marsh acknowledged the gap between the teams in that moment. "Pakistan outplayed us," he said plainly. "They put us under great pressure in batting." Cameron Green's 35 off 20 balls was the only real resistance; everyone else struggled against spin on a pitch that offered little mercy to visiting batters.
What makes this series significant isn't just the scoreline. Pakistan hasn't beaten Australia in a T20 series since 2018. With the T20 World Cup starting February 7 in India and Sri Lanka, Agha is thinking bigger than the final match on Sunday. "We want to play in the same way, forget the 2-0 scoreline and come again with the same intensity and go to the World Cup with the same energy," he said. That's the real prize—momentum heading into a tournament where Pakistan has always been capable of running deep.
For now, they've answered one question: when everything clicks—batting aggression, bowling precision, fielding sharpness—they're formidable.
