Shake South Africa He chose to hit vs. Pakistan
Pakistan was asked to pursue in what is a knockout match against South Africa in the Tri-series series, with the winner ready to play in New Zealand in the Saturday’s final. Both teams have already lost to New Zealand and have made changes to reinforce their teams, especially on the batting front.
Saud Shakeel, who last played a hate for Pakistan in November 2023, has been taken to the team instead of Kamran Ghulam and will beat at number 3. His other change was forced by an injury, with Haris Rauf with a lateral tension and Mohammad Hasnain included instead.
South Africa has begun to show glimpses of his Champions Trophy thinking with his selection. They moved to Matthew Breetzke, who scored 150 in the debut two days ago, but is not in the Champions Trophy team until No. 3 and made space for Tony de Zorzi to associate Temba Bavuma at the top.
Heinrich Klaasen entered the team instead of Jason Smith, and took Kyle Verreynne’s Wicktkeeping gloves, who maintains his place as a hitter.
The other two changes are in the bowling department, with Corbin Bosch and Keshav Maharaj replacing Mihlali Mpongwana and Junior Dala respectively. Lungi Ngidi, who only launched seven overs in the first game in the series, will play a second consecutive game in which a promising return to physical aptitude suggests.
The series moved to Karachi, after the first two games were played in Lahore and the surface could be a bit more difficult to hit. Both parties are heavy in rotation options to the expectation of a little sticky and turn.
Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Babar Azam, 3 Saud Shakeel, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (CAPT), 5 Salman Agha, 6 Tayyab Tahir, 7 Khusdil Shah, 8 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9 Mohammed Hasnain, 10 Nassem Shah 11 Abrar Ahmed
South Africa: 1 Temba Bavuma (Capt) 2 Tony of Zorzi, 3 Matthew Breetzke, 4 Kyle Verreynne 5 Heinrich Klaasen (WK), 6 Wiaan Mulder, 7 Senure Muthusamy 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Keshav Maharaaj 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Tabraiz Shamsii
