Pakistan win the toss and bowl, Fortuin in for Stuurman in Proteas XI

Pakistan have received the toss and elected to bowl first within the third and last T20I in opposition to the Proteas.

The Proteas have fielded first within the two earlier encounters, shedding the primary by three runs earlier than levelling the sequence with a six wicket win in Lahore on Saturday.

There are three modifications to the taking part in XI for Pakistan. Zahid Mehmood comes into the crew to make his T20I debut together with Hasan Ali and Asif Ali. Haris Rauf together with Iftikhar Ahmed and Khushdil Shah are unnoticed.

The Proteas have introduced in an additional spinner for the third T20I with Bjorn Fortuin changing Glenton Stuurman.

Henrich Klaasen’s troops will now be confronted with the problem of a greasy outfield and moist ball in the course of the second innings for the primary time on this sequence.

Mohammad Rizwan has been the star of the sequence thus far with 100 and a fifty within the two matches.

Pitch report

The floor is dry in look and will take loads of flip whereas the fast bowlers must work onerous to keep away from travelling. Each groups possess prodigious turners of the ball however the Proteas have regarded the shakier of the facet’s when the spinners give it a rip.

Pakistan vs South Africa – groups

Pakistan XI: Babar Azam (capt.), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Muhammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Zahid Mehmood.

South Africa XI: Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, Heinrich Klaasen (wk/capt.), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Lutho Sipamla, Tabraiz Shamsi.

MATCH DETAILS

HEAD TO HEAD

LAST 5 MATCHES

• South Africa received by 6 wickets (with 22 balls remaining) 13-Feb-2021
• Pakistan received by 3 runs 11-Feb-2021
• Pakistan received by 27 runs 06-Feb-2019
• South Africa received by 7 runs 03-Feb-2019
• South Africa received by 6 runs 01-Feb-2019