Durban, 9 December 2024: Pak vs SA
Pak vs SA Pakistan is all set to highlight the South Africa in an all-plan series strangely beginning around 2019, which will begin with the first of three T20Is on Tuesday at the Kingsmead Field in Durban. Pakistan’s T20I group shown up at Durban on Friday and has participated in two educational gatherings.
The second and third T20Is are booked to occur on 13 and 14 December at the SuperSport Park, Centurion and The Vagabonds Arena in Johannesburg, separately. The three ODIs will happen on 17, 19 and 22 December followed by the Centurion Test on 26 December and Cape Town Test on 3 January.
Pakistan’s T20I team, which was announced on 4 December, has seen the appearance of typical white-ball administrator Mohammad Rizwan, who was revived during the Zimbabwe T20I series. Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi have similarly returned to the T20I group resulting to missing the Zimbabwe series.
Pakistan have won the last two respective T20I series between the two countries, beating South Africa at home in February 2021 by 2-1 and afterward in their terrace by 3-1 in April 2021.
Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan’s T20I chief:
“We have been out and about since last month and this is our third progressive abroad visit, which has made the unit more proactive with regards to the arrangements and becoming acclimated to the nearby circumstances as quickly as time permits.
“The arrival of Babar, Naseem and Shaheen to the white-ball crews is a welcome improvement for the group and with a fine mix of youth and experience, we anticipate give our all against South Africa in this T20I series before the center movements to the next two organizations.
“The wickets in South Africa will challenge us and yet our pacers will profit from the circumstances too. With the assistance of Allah, we are anxious to proceed with the triumphant energy from the last visit against Zimbabwe.”
Pakistan T20I team:
Mohammad Rizwan (commandant and wk), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Holder Yousuf, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wk)
South Africa T20I crew:
Heinrich Klaasen (skipper), Ottneil Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Patrick Kruger, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, David Mill operator, Anrich Nortje, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Simelane, Rassie van der Dussen
Timetable of matches:
10 Dec – first T20I versus South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban
13 Dec – second T20I versus South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion
14 Dec – third T20I versus South Africa at The Drifters Arena, Johannesburg
17 Dec – first ODI versus South Africa at Boland Bank Park, Paarl
19 Dec – second ODI versus South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
22 Dec – third ODI versus South Africa at The Drifters Arena, Johannesburg
26 Dec – first Test versus South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion
3 Jan – second Test versus South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
