The visitor team South Africa has won the toss and batted first. The South Africa team faced 69.2 overs and scored 220 runs in their first innings. The opener of the SA team Dean Elgar was the top runs scorer with 58 runs off 106 balls. Faf du Plessis added 23 runs, George Linde contributed 35 runs, and Kagiso Rabada 21 not out. Yasir Shah took three wickets, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Nauman Ali took two wickets each and Hasan Ali dismissed one South African batsman.
At the end of the day, one Pakistani batsmen were four down with 33 runs on the board by facing 18 overs. The opener of the Pakistan team Imran Butt scored 9 runs and out. Abid Ali’s wicket dismissed when he was at just 4. The captain of the team Babar Azam’s wicket fallen with just 7 runs. After the early loss of the Pakistani batting line, they sent the Shaheen Shah Afridi as a nightwatchman but his wicket down with duck.
Pak vs SA Highlights today Wednesday, 1-27-2021 – 1st Test, South Africa tour of Pakistan from National Stadium, Karachi.
After four wickets down at 33 including their backbone their captain Babar Azam Pakistan were in huge trouble. Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam started today’s play very gently and secured the Pakistan team position very well. Azhar Ali scored 51 runs and Fawad Alam (the old gun) added 109 runs to his team’s scoreboard. Mohammad Rizwan † scored 33 runs and Faheem Ashraf 64.
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
