Pakistan take on South Africa in first T20 today
LAHORE (92 News) - Pakistan take on South Africa in the first T20I of the three-match series at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium today (Thursday).
Pakistan are in top form at home and they showed this in Karachi and Rawalpindi Test matches that they are capable of dominating good teams with their batting as well as their bowling.
After two big victories, they will be riding high and be looking forward to carrying their form in the shortest format as well.
Pakistan are expecting the same performance that the team showed in Test series.
Talking to media earlier, Pakistan’s bowling coach Waqar Younis said, “the result of the Test series will have an impact on the T20I series. I can’t predict the ultimate result of the T20 series, but you will definitely see good results."
Pakistan team training session at the GSL on the eve of #PAKvSA T20I series.#HarHaalMainCricket | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/S6ZLNw465J
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Squads (from):
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Hussain Talat, Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Zafar Gohar, Faheem Ashraf, Aamer Yamin, Amad Butt, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Usman Qadir, Zahid Mahmood
South Africa: Heinrich Klaasen (captain), Nandre Burger, Okuhle Cele, Junior Dala, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, George Linde, Janneman Malan, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla, Jon-Jon Smuts, Pite van Biljon, Glenton Stuurman, Jacques Snyman.
