Pakistan middle-order batter Salman Ali Agha (left) performs a shot through the first Check in opposition to South Africa on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on October 12, 2025. – PCBOn Day 1, Imam scores 93 on Check return; Shan provides 76 runs.Babar fails to transform good begin in massive innings, falls for 23.Senuran Muthusamy claims two consecutive wickets.
Pakistan resumed their first innings at an in a single day rating of 313 for five on the second day of the primary Check in opposition to South Africa at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
Mohammad Rizwan (62*) and Salman Agha (52*) are on the crease and have already added 114 runs for the sixth wicket.
Pakistan dominated the morning and night periods on Day 1, however misplaced three wickets within the afternoon session. The hosts acquired off to a shaky begin, shedding Abdullah Shafique (2) within the very first over of the innings. He was trapped LBW by Kagiso Rabada.
Skipper Shan Masood and Imam-ul-Haq then steadied the innings with an important 161-run partnership for the second wicket, easing the early stress.
Imam, returning to Check cricket after 2023, celebrated his tenth Check fifty, whereas Shan reached his twelfth.
The partnership was damaged when Prenelan Subrayen dismissed Shan for 76 off 147 balls, which included 9 fours and a six, leaving Pakistan at 163-2 in 47.3 overs.
Babar Azam walked in subsequent and rapidly discovered his rhythm, placing boundaries from the outset.
He additionally achieved a serious milestone within the ICC World Check Championship, changing into the primary Pakistani and eighth general batter to surpass 3,000 runs within the event’s historical past.
Earlier than tea, Senuran Muthusamy gave South Africa two essential wickets in successive deliveries. Muthusamy eliminated Imam-ul-Haq, who made an excellent 93 off 153 balls, and Saud Shakeel for a first-ball duck, leaving Pakistan at 199-4 in 57 overs.
After the break, Babar Azam fell for 23 off 48 balls, with Simon Harmer claiming his wicket.
Within the closing session of Day One, Salman Ali Agha and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan steadied Pakistan’s innings with a 50-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
Rizwan, displaying composure below stress, scored his twelfth Check half-century, whereas Salman Ali Agha additionally reached a fifty, his tenth in red-ball cricket.
The duo shared a 100-plus partnership because the day led to Pakistan’s favor, with Rizwan unbeaten on 62 and Agha on 52.
For South Africa, Senuran Muthusamy claimed two wickets, whereas Kagiso Rabada, Prenelan Subrayen, and Simon Harmer took one wicket every
