Pakistan win toss against South Africa in T20I series opener

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan have won the toss and decided to bowl first against South Africa in the opening T20I of the three-match series here at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Head to Head

Both teams have met 24 times in the shorter format, with each team winning an equal number of matches.

Matches 12: Pakistan 12, South Africa 12

Playing XIs

South Africa XI: Q de Kock†, RR Hendricks, T de Zorzi, D Brevis, MP Breetzke, D Ferreira*, GF Linde, C Bosch, LB Williams, N Burger, L Ngidi.

Pakistan XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Agha Salman*, Usman Khan†, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed

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