harare mohammad rizwan struck 91 off 60 balls as pakistan defeated zimbabwe by 24 runs sunday to win a twenty20 international series 21 at harare sports clubthe opening batsman had mixed fortunes in the series posting an unbeaten 82 in the first match but making only 13 in the secondpakistan captain babar azam won the toss opted to bat and the tourists made 1653 in 20 overs as they sought redemption after a shock 19run second match lossread alsobabar azam breaks kohlis record becomes fastest to score 2k runs in t20ispakistan skipper babar azam added another feather to his highly illustrious cap as he became the fastest batsman to reach 2000 runs in t20i format babar achieved the feat in the third and final t20i against zimbabwe at the harare sports club the pakistan skipper has taken 52 innings to score 2000the batting of rizwan and azam 52 and the bowling of recalled hasan ali 418 ensured pakistan would not suffer the humiliation of losing twice to minnows zimbabwe within three dayszimbabwe made a bold bid for victory though reaching 101 for one after 13 overs before being undone by the loss of three wickets within 15 balls for the addition of just eight runsas the pakistan bowlers tightened their grip only brendan taylor 20 made a meaningful score and the hosts finished on 1417it was the second successive t20 series success for the tourists after beating south africa 31 before travelling to hararerizwan cracked three sixes and five fours as pakistan exceeded the expectations of azam who believed it would be a challenge to surpass 140 on what he considered a bowlerfriendly pitchafter the loss of sharjeel khan for 18 off the last ball of the fourth over rizwan and azam put on 126 runs for the second wicket before the captain was out for 52 in the final overmedium pacer luke jongwe the star of the shock zimbabwe victory was once again the most impressive bowler taking the three wickets while conceding 37 runsneeding to score at a rate of 83 runs an over to overtake pakistan and achieve a historic first bilateral t20 series victory zimbabwe began promisinglyunperturbed by the loss of tarisai musakanda for 10 fellow opener wesley madhevere and tadiwanashe marumani speedily put on 65 runs in a secondwicket standbut when marumani 35 was bowled by mohammad hasnain pakistan took control and madhevere 59 and regis chakabva 0 soon followed to the change roomali excelled among the pakistan bowlers and haris rauf 234 atoned for a costly earlier spell by capturing two wickets in the final overthe t20 series will be followed by two tests also in harare beginning on april 29 and may 7