Pak beat Zimbabwe by 8 wickets to sweep T20 series

Usman Qadir starred with the ball before Abdullah Shafique smashed a solid 41 as Pakistan eased to an eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Tuesday.

With this win, Pakistan have cleaned sweep the T20I series 3-0. Chasing a paltry target of 130 runs, Pakistan got off to a decent start with Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique stitching a 30-run stand for the first wicket before Wellington Masakadza dismissed Zaman.

Haider Ali and Shafique then stitched a 40-run stand as Zimbabwe lost all hopes winning the game. Milton Shumba dismissed Haider in the 12th over which left Pakistan needing 51 from 50 balls, but any hopes of a Zimbabwe fightback were quickly squashed off by Khushdil Shah.

Pakistan chased down the target in the 16th over to have a clean sweep of the T20I series on Tuesday.

Earlier after opting to bat first, Zimbabwe got off to a bad start losing two wickets in the powerplay.

No batsmen other than Chamu Chibhabha got going for Zimbabwe. Wickets kept falling for regular intervals and the visitors reeled at 87/7 before Donald Tiripano played a much-needed cameo to help Zimbabwe score a respectable total of 129 runs.

Playing against Pakistan in his last international outing, Elton Chingambura could not end on a good note, as Pakistan thrashed Zimbabwe by 8 wickets in the final T20I to complete a 3-0 whitewash. Having already picked up resounding wins in the opening two games, the hosts were relentless in their pursuit of a clean sweep as Zimbabwe were restricted to just 129/9 batting first, which was then chased down with ease.