RAWALPINDI CRICKET STADIUM: Although Green Shirts Mohammad Nawaz and Saim Ayub manifested their spinning skills on Tuesday (28th Oct, 2025) by restricting Proteas to 194 for nine wickets in the 1st T20I cricket match, Pakistan Cricket team collapsed in 195 runs chase and barely scored 134 for 9.
Pakistan won the toss and invited the South African Cricket Team to bat first on the batting-friendly pitch.
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Squads:
Green Shirts: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha (Skipper), Usman Khan, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed
Proteas: Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira (Skipper), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi.
It may be recalled that earlier the 2 Test match series was levelled by South Africa. Proteas’ 36-year-old off-spinner Simon Harmer hunted six scalps yielding only fifty runs. Chasing the 68-run target set by Green Shirts, Skipper Aiden Markram scored 42 runs, while Ryan Rickelton’s bat yielded 25 runs (not out).Earlier, the cricket team of Pakistan – that was leading the Test match series one-nil – scored 333 runs (all out) in first innings.
First Test: South African cricket team had been beaten by Green Shirts by 93 runs in the first of the two match Test series in Lahore on 15th October.
Green Shirts’ First Innings: Pakistan’s cricket team scored 378 in 110.4 overs (all out) in the first innings: Imam ul Haq made 93 runs; Salman Ali Agha scored 93 runs; Shan Masood’s bat yielded 76 runs; Mohammad Rizwan mustered 75 runs up. While South African bowler Senuran Muthusamy hunted six scalps yielding 117 runs, Prenelan Subrayen sent two cricketers back to pavilion at the cost of 78 runs.
Green Shirts’ Second Innings: The cricket team of Pakistan scored 167 runs in 46.1 overs (all out) in the second innings: Babar Azam made 42 runs, Abdullah Shafique scored 41 runs, Saud Shakeel’s bat yielded 38 runs. Bowlers from Proteas cricket team successfully halted the run-getters of the Green Shirts: While Senuran Muthusamy sent five batters back to the pavilion at the cost of fifty-seven runs, Simon Harmer hunted four scalps yielding 51 runs.
First Test: South African cricket team had been beaten by Green Shirts by 93 runs in the first of the two match Test series in Lahore on 15th October.
Green Shirts’ First Innings: Pakistan’s cricket team scored 378 in 110.4 overs (all out) in the first innings: Imam ul Haq made 93 runs; Salman Ali Agha scored 93 runs; Shan Masood’s bat yielded 76 runs; Mohammad Rizwan mustered 75 runs up. While South African bowler Senuran Muthusamy hunted six scalps yielding 117 runs, Prenelan Subrayen sent two cricketers back to pavilion at the cost of 78 runs.
Green Shirts’ Second Innings: The cricket team of Pakistan scored 167 runs in 46.1 overs (all out) in the second innings: Babar Azam made 42 runs, Abdullah Shafique scored 41 runs, Saud Shakeel’s bat yielded 38 runs. Bowlers from Proteas cricket team successfully halted the run-getters of the Green Shirts: While Senuran Muthusamy sent five batters back to the pavilion at the cost of fifty-seven runs, Simon Harmer hunted four scalps yielding 51 runs.
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