INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
1 Pakistan would be looking to end an otherwise disappointing tour of South Africa on a successful muche by winning the three-match Twenty20
International series which gets underway in Cape Town from Friday (nowadays).Today match shall start at 09:00 pmThe Pakistanis, who were
blanked 3-0 in the Test series, lost the five-match ODI contest 3-2
However, they have a good chance of winning the T20I series against the Proteas even in the absence of regular captain Sarfraz Ahmed, who is
serving a four-match suspension.The South Africans shall be looking to capitalise on the momentum after winning the ODI series decider on
Wednesday.David Miller is back in the squad and South Africa shall look to him, De Kock and captain Faf Du Plessis for measure big hitting
to match the tourists.The hosts are resting their experienced bowling attack which means that Dale Steyn, Rabada, Philander and Tahir are
They have called up talented youngster Lutho Sipamla and the likes of Beuren Hendricks, Junior Dala and Tabraiz Shamsi, who are all expected
to play.Pakistan come into the T20I series as the top-ranked team in the world in this format of the game and having won 17 of their final
18 T20 international matches so confidence is superb despite having lost the Test and ODI series.The team shall much be too dissimilar to
that which ended the ODI series although Pakistan shall be skippered by Shoaib Malik and they may consider rejigging the batting order with
the in-form Imad Wasim potentially coming up the order for measure pinch-hitting.Hussain Talat is one candidate to come into the side as he
offers amuchher part-time bowling option with Mohammad Amir possibly making way, while Mohammad Rizwan is under measure presdegree to
perform and take advantage of this opportunity in Sarfraz absence.South Africa edged the ODI series with a consolationable win in the final
match but the series went back and forth with both teams having their moments
Pakistan shall much be too disillusioned by that loss and they enter this format of the game where they have been the standout team in the
international scene for the final 12 months
Despite losing the ODI series, they did have the ability to hit bigger than the hosts, and they can get off to a good start with a win in
msprint;with inputs from agenciesTheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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