IQBAL STADIUM (FAISALABAD): Cricket team of Pakistan has beaten Porteas by 2 wickets in the 1st ODI of the 2 match series here on Tuesday (4th Nov, 2025).
After winning the toss, the Cricket team of Pakistan invited Proteas to bat first. Green Shirts Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub and Abrar Ahmed bowled out the Cricket Team of Proteas for 263 runs (in 49.1 overs). Pakistan successfully chased the target in 49.4 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Cricket team of South Africa: Quinton de Kock 63, Lhuan-dre Pretorius 57, Matthew Breetzke 42, Corbin Bosch 41; Naseem Shah 3-40, Abrar Ahmed 3-53, Saim Ayub 2-39.
Cricket team of Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha 62, Mohammad Rizwan 55, Fakhar Zaman 45, Saim Ayub 39, Hussain Talat 22; Corbin Bosch 2-32, Lungi Ngidi 2-46, Donovan Ferreira 2-53.
Salman Ali Agha was declared Player of the Match.
Squads:
Cricket Team of Pakistan:
Starting lineup
Fakhar Zaman
Saim Ayub
Babar Azam
Muhammad Rizwan (Wicket Keeper)
Salman Ali Agha
Hussain Talat
Hasan Nawaz
Mohammad Nawaz
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Skipper)
Naseem Shah
Abrar Ahmed
Cricket Team of South Africa
Starting lineup
Quinton de Kock (Wicke Keeper)
Lhuan-dré Pretorius
Tony de Zorzi
Matthew Breetzke (Skipper)
Sinethemba Qeshile
Donovan Ferreira
George Linde
Corbin Bosch
Bjorn Fortuin
Lungi Ngidi
Lizaad Williams
Green Shirts have earlier beaten Porteas in the 2 Test Matches Series at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. With the help of 69 runs off 47 balls that the bat of Babar Azam yielded, Cricket team of Pakistan managed to clinch the 3 match T20I series beating Proteas by 4 wickets here on Sunday (2nd Nov, 2025).
Proteas: 139-9, 20 overs (Reeza Hendricks 34, Corbin Bosch 30 (n/o), Donovan Ferreira 29; Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-26, Usman Tariq 2-26, Faheem Ashraf 2-28)
Green Shirts: 140-6, 19 overs (Babar Azam 68, Salman Ali Agha 33; Corbin Bosch 2-24, Lizaad Williams 2-26).
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