Looks like South Africa is NOT playing with the XI they preferred. The team sheet given to the match referee had Tabraiz Shamsi’s name struck off and Lungi Ngidi’s name written with a pen. And de Kock has confirmed that Shamsi suffered a back spasm during training that has prevented South Africa from going with three spin options.
Pak vs SA Highlights today Tuesday, 1-26-2021 – 1st Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan from National Stadium, Karachi.
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first.
Pakistan team: 1. Abid Ali 2. Imran Butt (debut) 3. Azhar Ali 4. Babar Azam (capt) 5. Fawad Alam 6. Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 7. Faheem Ashraf 8. Hassan Ali 9. Nouman Ali (debut) 10. Yasir Shah 11. Shaheen Afridi.
South Africa team: 1. Aiden Markram 2. Dean Elgar 3. Faf du Plessis 4. Rassie van der Dussen 5. Temba Bavuma 6. Quinton de Kock (capt, wk), 7. George Linde 8. Keshav Maharaj 9. Kagiso Rabada 10. Anrich Nortje 11. Lungi Ngidi.
Match Timings: 05:00 GMT | 10:00 Local
Umpires – Ahsan Raza, Aleem Dar
TV Umpires – Asif Yaqoob
Match Referee – Muhammad Javed
Reserve Umpire – Rashid Riaz
Match number – TEST No. 2406
