RAWALPINDI – South Africa set a target of 195 runs for Pakistan to win the first T20 match.
Playing first after Pakistan invited them to bat in Rawalpindi, South Africa scored 194 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted overs.
For the Proteas, Reeza Hendricks stood out with 60 runs, followed by George Linde (36), Tony de Zorzi (33), Quinton de Kock (23), captain Donovan Ferreira (10), Dewald Brevis (9), Corbin Bosch (7), Lizaad Williams (3), and Matthew Breetzke (1).
From Pakistan’s side, Mohammad Nawaz took 3 wickets, Saim Ayub claimed 2, while Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Naseem Shah took 1 wicket each.
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha (c), Usman Khan (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira (c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger and Lungi Ngidi.
