South Africa wins toss and decides to bowl first against Pakistan in second ODI

South Africa wins toss and decides to bowl first against Pakistan in second ODI

Pakistan and South Africa captains in the draw for the second ODI on December 19, 2024, in Cape Town. – screenshot

CAPETOWN: South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in the second ODI of the three-match series at Newlands on Thursday.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (C/WK), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (C), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Kwena Maphaka, Tabraiz Shamsi

HEAD TO HEAD

Pakistan and South Africa have played a total of 84 ODI matches. Of these, Pakistan has won 31 while South Africa has claimed victories 52 times. One match ended without results.

  • Matches played: 84
  • Pakistan won: 31
  • South Africa won: 52

FORM GUIDE

Pakistan will continue their winning momentum after notching back-to-back ODI series victories against Australia and Zimbabwe and are eyeing a third successive ODI series win.

Likewise, South Africa are also on a winning streak, having triumphed in the previous series against Ireland 2-1.

Pakistan: W, L, W, W, W (newest first)

South Africa: W, W, W, L, L

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