Pakistan defeated South Africa by 2 wickets in an exciting match in the first match of the 3-match ODI series to take a 0-1 lead in the series. Pakistan achieved South Africa’s target of 264 runs in the last over for the loss of 8 wickets. In the match played in Faisalabad, Pakistan won the toss against South Africa and decided to field.
South Africa were bowled out for 263 runs while batting first. South Africa suffered their first loss in the form of Pretorius, who was dismissed for 57 runs. South Africa’s second wicket fell to Quinton de Kock, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 63 runs. After this, Tony de Zorzi scored 18, captain Bretzke 42, and Karbin Bosh scored 41 runs. The entire South African team was bowled out for 263 runs in 49.1 overs. For Pakistan, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed got 3 wickets each, while Saim Ayub got 2, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Muhammad Nawaz got one wicket each.
Pakistan chased down South Africa’s target of 264 runs in 49.4 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Salman Ali Agha scored 62 and Mohammad Rizwan scored 55 runs. Apart from this, Fakhar Zaman scored 45, Saim Ayub scored 39, Babar Azam scored 7, Hussain Talat scored 22, Hassan Nawaz scored 1 and Mohammad Nawaz scored 9 runs. Ferreira Ngati and Karbin Bosh got 2 wickets each for South Africa.
