PAARL: South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the opening ODI of the three-match series at Boland Park on Tuesday.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (C/WK), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(C), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen(wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Ottneil Baartman, Tabraiz Shamsi
HEAD TO HEAD
Pakistan and South Africa have played a total of 83 ODI matches. Of these, Pakistan won 30, while South Africa claimed victories 52 times. One match ended without results.
- Matches played: 83
- Pakistan won: 30
- South Africa won: 52
FORM GUIDE
Pakistan will carry forward their winning momentum after clinching back-to-back ODI series victories against Australia and Zimbabwe, both by a 2-1 margin.
Similarly, South Africa are also riding a winning momentum, having triumphed in their previous series against Ireland 2-1.
Pakistan: W, W, L, W, W (most recent first)
South Africa: L, W, W, W, L
