South Africa won the toss and their team captain Faf du Plessis chose to bowl first and Pakistan team captain was also happy with the decision because they wanted to bat first. Pakistan team was all out at the end of the second session of the day with 177 runs on the board. Sarfraz Ahmed (c) † was the top runs scorer with 56 runs, Shan Masood scored 44 and Mohammad Amir 22 not out. D Olivier took four wickets, DW Steyn took three, K Rabada took two and the remaining one wicket was taken by VD Philander.
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South Africa faced 30 overs in yesterday’s play and scored 123 runs with two wickets down. D Elgar scored 20 runs and out, HM Amla 24 not out. AK Markram scored 78 runs off 96 balls, he smashed 14 boundaries and a maximum in his innings.
South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
Pakistan team/playing XI
1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Shan Masood, 4 Azhar Ali, 5 Asad Shafiq, 6 Babar Azam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt/wk), 8 Mohammad Amir, 9 Yasir Shah, 10 Mohammad Abbas, 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi.
South Africa team/playing XI
1 Dean Elgar, 2 Aiden Markram, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Faf du Plessis (capt), 5 Theunis de Bruyn, 6 Temba Bavuma, 7 Quinton de Kock (wk), 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Duanne Olivier.
Form guide
South Africa: WLLWW (last five Tests, most recent first)
Pakistan: LLWLW
Match Timings: 08:30 GMT | 10:30 Local | 13:30 PKT
Umpires – Bruce Oxenford, Joel Wilson
TV Umpires – Sundaram Ravi
Match Referee – David Boon
Reserve Umpire – Shaun George
Match number – Test no. 2340
