T20 World Cup: Pakistan to play its second warm-up match against Proteas

Pakistan – currently ranked number 2 in ICC T20 rankings – will play its second warm-up match of the T20 World Cup against South Africa today at 07:00 pm PST at Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi.

The Green Shirts grabbed the victory ahead of Super12s with an impressive 7-wicket win over the defending T20 World Cup champions West Indies.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam stroked 50 off 41 deliveries, but it was Fakhar Zaman who led Pakistan to the victory with 46 of 24 deliveries.

South Africa defended its 146-run target against Afghanistan, restricting them to 104/8.

Match details

Time: 07:00 pm PST

Venue: Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi

Squad

Pakistan

Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood.

Reserves: Khushdil Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.

South Africa

Temba Bavuma (c), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wk), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, W Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen

Reserves: George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams

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