The South Africa cricket team will be aiming to extend their winning streak to three games when they take the field against Pakistan at the World Cup on Friday, October 27. The Proteas will head into the game having registered a convincing 149-run win in their last match against Bangladesh. With four wins from five games, South Africa are currently placed in second position on the World Cup 2023 points table. In ODIs, Pakistan and South Africa had last faced each other two years back in April and the Asian outfit had emerged victorious in that contest by 28 runs.
Pakistan will head into the match having lost their last three World Cup 2023 fixture. Pakistan’s three-match losing streak started with a loss to arch-rivals India. In their next match, Babar Azam’s men were defeated by Australia by 62 runs. In their last game, Pakistan had to concede a shocking defeat at the hands of Afghanistan by eight wickets.
Head-to-head records
In ODIs, the two teams have so far lined up against each other 82 times. Of those 82 meetings, Pakistan have been able to end up on the winning side 30 times against South Africa. The Proteas defeated Pakistan on 51 occasions till now in the 50-over format. Out of their last five ODI meetings, South Africa have clinched two wins against Pakistan.
Check Out Pakistan vs South Africa Probable XIs
Pakistan Probable XI: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf
South Africa Probable XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lizaad Williams
Pakistan vs South Africa Full Squads
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams
Comments
0 comment