Tri-Nation 2024/25, PAK vs SA 3rd Match Match Report, February 12, 2025

Toss South Africa chose to bat vs Pakistan

Pakistan were asked to chase in what is a knockout match against South Africa in the tri-series, with the winner set to play New Zealand in Saturday’s final. Both teams have already lost to New Zealand and have made changes to bolster their teams, especially on the batting front.

The series has moved to Karachi, after the first two matches were played in Lahore and the surface could be a little more challenging to bat on. Both sides are heavy on spin options in expectation of some tackiness and turn.

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Babar Azam, 3 Saud Shakeel, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (capt), 5 Salman Agha, 6 Tayyab Tahir, 7 Khusdil Shah, 8 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9 Mohammed Hasnain, 10 Nassem Shah 11 Abrar Ahmed

South Africa: 1 Temba Bavuma (capt) 2 Tony de Zorzi, 3 Matthew Breetzke, 4 Kyle Verreynne 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Wiaan Mulder, 7 Senuran Muthusamy 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Keshav Maharaj 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi