Throw South Africa I chose to beat VS Pakistan
Pakistan was invited to continue what is a direct elimination match against South Africa in tri-series, with the winner who was to play New Zealand in the final on Saturday. The two teams have already lost against New Zealand and have made changes to strengthen their teams, in particular on the striker’s front.
Saud Shakeel, who played an Odi for the last time for Pakistan in November 2023, was brought to the team in place of Kamran Ghumlam and Batra to No. 3. Their other switch was forced by an injury, with Haris Rauf with lateral tension and Mohammad Hasnain included in his place.
South Africa began to show overviews of their champions trophy thinking with their selection. They moved Matthew Breetzke, who scored 150 in his beginnings two days ago but is not in the team of the Champions Trophy at No. 3 and made room for Tony de Zorzi to associate with Temba bavuma at the top.
Heinrich Klaansen entered the team in place of Jason Smith and took the Kyle Verreynne goalkeeper gloves, which keeps its place as a shot.
The other two changes are in the Bowling department, Corbin Bosch and Keshav Maharaj replacing Mihlali Mpongwana and Junior Dala respectively. Lungi Ngidi, who only made seven overs at the opening of the series, will play a second successive match in what suggests a promising return to fitness.
The series moved to Karachi, after the first two games were played in Lahore and the surface could be a little more difficult to beat. The two sides are heavy on the rotation options pending certain attackers 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 hasnai
South Africa: 1 Temba Bavuma (CAPT) 2 Tony de Zorzi, 3 Matthew Breetzke, 4 Kyle Verreynne 5 Heinrich Klaanse (WK), 6 Wiaan Mulder, 7 Senuran Muthisamy 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Keshav Maharaj 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi Shamsi
