AUS Vs PAK Live Score, 2nd T20I: Australia Set 148-Run Target For Pakistan In Sydney Cricket Ground

Brief Score: AUS - 147/9 (20)

Matthew Short - 32 (17), Aaron Hardie - 28 (23) | Haris Rauf: (4-0-22-4)

Abbas Afridi bowled the last over and got two wickets to end his spell with the bowling figures of 4-0-17-3. Now, Pakistan need 148 runs to win the match.

AUS - 147/9 (20)

Haris Rauf got his fourth wicket in the match when he bowled Xavier Bartlett in the 19th over. Nathan Ellis joined Aaron Hardie and managed to give him strike on the fourth delivery of the over.

AUS - 141/7 (19)

Haris Rauf has been on song in this series and he continued his form against the destructive batter Tim David again when he hit him for a couple of boundaries. He backed his length and dismissed him on the last delivery of the over.

AUS - 115/6 (15)

With the wicket of Marcus Stoinis, four players of the Australian side are back to the pavilion. Tim David and Glenn Maxwell are in the middle and hoping for setting a big total with only nine overs left in the hosts' innings.

AUS - 92/4 (11)

Haris Rauf's two wickets changed the momentum of the game. Abbas Afridi also dismissed the dangerous atter Matthew Short which allowed Pakistan to take a sigh of relief. Now, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis are at the crease.

AUS - 71/3 (8)

Haris Rauf was introduced into the attack in the fourth over and he got rid of the destructive batter Jake Fraser-McGurk on his fourth delivery. Salman Ali Agha took a fine catch. Australia have already crossed 50 runs in the fourth over and Matthew Short is still there. Josh Inglis came at number three and he also got dismissed on the last delivery of the over.

AUS - 52/2 (4)

Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk have bamboozled the Pakistan bowling attack in the first two overs. After getting 21 runs from the first over, Naseem Shah leaked 16 runs in the next. Short managed to get two more boundaries in the third over.

AUS - 48/0 (3)

Australian openers are Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk. Pakistan opened the bowling attack with Shaheen Shah Afridi. The first ball went to extra cover for three runs as Australia opened their run-account. Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed him for three fours and a six to collect 21 runs from the first over.

AUS - 21/0 (1)

Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan Captain

Fighting spirit was fantastic (in Brisbane). Want to keep that here as well. One change - Sufiyan Muqeem comes in. He's a good bowler, bowled well in the emerging tournament.

Josh Inglis | Australia Captain

We'll have a bat. Nice to get a win on the board to start the series. It was only 7 overs, but I enjoyed how everyone went about it. We've got a really good bowling lineup. Heaps of options at our disposal.

Australia skipper Josh Inglis has won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan.

Playing XIs

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem.

Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis(w/c), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson.

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Haseebullah Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Arafat Minhas, Omair Yousuf, Jahandad Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem.

Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis(w/c), Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Sean Abbott, Josh Philippe.

The first ball of the second Australia vs Pakistan T20I is scheduled to be bowled at 1:30 pm IST, with the toss at 1 pm. The match will be live-streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website in India. It will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India.