Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates a wicket throughout the third T20I match towards South Africa on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on November 1, 2025. — Fb/@PakistanCricketBoard
Left-arm fast Shaheen Shah Afridi gave main injury to South Africa’s batting order, eradicating Quinton de Kock and Lhuan-dre Pretorius within the first over as either side got here face-to-face within the T20I collection decider at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
After successful the toss, Pakistan elected to bowl first towards South Africa.
Enjoying XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha (c), Usman Khan (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Salman Mirza and Usman Tariq.
South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira(c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Andile Simelane, Lizaad Williams and Ottneil Baartman.
Head-to-head
Pakistan and South Africa have come face-to-face 27 instances in T20Is, with their head-to-head document hanging in stability as the 2 groups are tied with 13 victories every.
Matches: 27Pakistan: 13South Africa: 13No Consequence: 1Form Information
The 2 groups enter the high-stakes fixture with related momentum, having registered equally emphatic victories towards one another within the first two matches of the continuing collection.
Within the collection opener in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, the Proteas crushed the hosts by an enormous 55-run margin by bowling them out for a modest whole of 139 whereas defending a 195-run goal.
The house facet responded with an equally resounding triumph as they booked South Africa for a mere 110 in 19.2 overs earlier than chasing down the modest goal for the lack of only one wicket and 41 balls to spare.
Notably, the 2 groups final performed a bilateral collection within the shortest format in December final 12 months, which the house facet, South Africa, received 2-0 because the third fixture was deserted as a result of rain.
Pakistan: W, L, L, W, W (most up-to-date first)
South Africa: L, W, L, A, L
