The home team Pakistan scored 378 runs in their first innings. At stumps, day 2 Pakistan batsmen were eight down with 308 runs on the board Hasan Ali 11 and Nauman Ali 6. Hasan Ali scored 21 runs, Nauman Ali 24 and Yasir Shah contributed 38 runs. From South African bowlers, Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj both took three wickets each. Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi took two wickets each.
The opener of the visitor team South Africa Aiden Markram batted well today. He scored 74 runs off 224 deliveries. Dean Elgar scored 29, Rassie van der Dussen 64 and Faf du Plessis scored just 10 and out. Yasir Shah dismissed three South African batsmen and Nauman Ali took one wicket. Till stumps day 3 South Africa lead by 29 runs with six wickets remaining.
Pak vs SA Highlights today Thursday, 1-28-2021 – 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
