The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore is ready to host the primary T20 Worldwide (T20I) of the three-match collection between Pakistan and South Africa on Thursday (February 11).

Not too long ago, the hosts have defeated the visiting facet by 2-Zero within the Check collection. Therefore, Pakistan might be seeking to proceed their dominance at residence over Proteas.

Then again, South Africa might be taking part in this collection with out most of their common gamers. They have been imagined to play the Check leg towards Australia, however the collection had been cancelled.

Within the absence of Quinton de Kock, South Africa might be captained by wicket-keeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen within the T20I collection.

Pitch report:

The pitch is predicted to be flat and good for run-scoring. Nevertheless, quick bowlers have had descent assist previously. Dew will play its function so the toss shall be essential.

Head to Head report:

Matches performed: 14 | Pakistan: 6 | South Africa: 8 | Tied: 0

Taking part in Mixture:

Pakistan

The house workforce will miss Fakhar Zaman and Wahab Riaz’s providers, who have been dropped for this collection. Additionally, there’s no Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim as effectively.

Hasan Ali, who final performed a white-ball worldwide within the 2019 World Cup, is most certainly to get a sport after his excellent comeback within the Check collection.

PAK XI: Babar Azam (c), Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Qadir/ Zafar Gohar, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi.

South Africa

Amid the absence of essential gamers, David Miller is predicted to hold a whole lot of accountability, who’s essentially the most skilled T20 participant within the facet.

George Linde, Dwaine Pretorius, Tabraiz Shamsi and Lutho Sipamla are the one 4 gamers from the Check squad who will play the T20I leg.

SA XI: Heinrich Klaasen (c), Reeza Hendricks, Janneman Malan, Pite van Biljon (wk), David Miller, George Linde, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Junior Dala, Lutho Sipamla, Tabraiz Shamsi.