T20 World Cup: South Africa beats Pakistan in thrilling warm-up match

Skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan didn’t impress with the bat as they scored 15 and 19, whereas the Pakistani bowlers didn’t decide up well timed wickets to limit South Africa.

South Africa had gained the toss and put Pakistan to bat first.

Pakistan took two early wickets in the identical over after handing a 187-run goal to South Africa.

All-rounder Imad Wasim dismissed Quinton de Kock (6) and Reeza Hendricks (7) within the third over. They have been changed by Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma.

Whereas Shaheen Afridi managed to ship Temba Bavuma again to the pavilion after the South African skipper scored 46 runs by the tip of 16 overs.

Throughout the first innings, the Pakistani group misplaced key gamers — skipper Babar Azam (15) and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan (19) — inside fast intervals.

Anrich Nortje dismissed Rizwan within the sixth over, proper after Kagiso Rabada bowled Babar within the fourth over of the match.

Following Babar and Rizwan’s dismissal, Mohammad Hafeez (13) was additionally despatched again to the pavilion by Keshav Maharaj within the second-last ball of the tenth over.

In the meantime, Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali have been additionally despatched to the pavilion on the lack of 28 and 32 runs.

Pakistan thrashed West Indies earlier this week with a seven-wicket victory in a warm-up match.

The nationwide squad flew to Abu Dhabi from Dubai at 2pm (PST) forward of the match.