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South Africa vs Pakistan Scorecard, 1st T20I, South Africa vs Pakistan 2025
Result · Oct 28 2025, Tue - 08:30 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA194/9
PAKISTAN139
South Africa won by 55 runs
CRR:7.65
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in Pakistan 2025 |
| Date: | Oct 28 2025, Tue - 08:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| City: | Rawalpindi |
| Venue: | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha (c), Usman Khan (wk), Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira (c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi |
- South Africa won their last bilateral multigame men’s T20I series against Pakistan 2-0 after losing their previous two series against them; the Shaheens prevailed 2-1 over the Proteas in their only previous such series held in Pakistan.
- Pakistan won 3-0 against Bangladesh in their most recent men’s T20I series in Pakistan, snapping a three-series winless streak at home (D1 L2); they will be looking to win back-to-back series in Pakistan for the first time since four-series winning streak from January 2020 to December 2021.
- South Africa are winless in their last six bilateral multigame men’s T20I series outside of South Africa (D2 L4) including a 1-1 draw against England in their most recent away series (September 2025); they were unbeaten in six previous series prior to that span (W5 D1).
- Pakistan have lost two of their last three men’s T20Is at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium after winning their first three matches; this will be South Africa’s first match at the venue and if they win it will be the 49th different ground in which they have registered a victory in the format.
- Pakistan have a collective bowling average of 21.1 in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, only India (17.5) have a better such average among Test playing countries; in addition, the Shaheens’ collective bowling strike of 16.2 is the third best among Test playing countries in that span (India - 13.7, England - 15.2).
- South Africa have recorded a collective batting strike rate of over 160 in three of their last five men’s T20Is; they had failed to reach that mark in six previous matches in the format.
- Pakistan pair Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub have scored 426 runs while batting together in a partnership in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the third most of any pair from a Test playing country (Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani - 602, Parvez Hossain Emon and Tanzid Hasan - 470).
- Dewald Brevis (South Africa) has a batting strike rate of 197.7 in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the third fastest of any player from a Test playing country to have faced 90+ balls (Abhishek Sharma - 208.8, Tim David - 202.6); he has scored 340 runs in the format this year, the most of any South Africa player.
- Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) has taken seven wickets in his last three men’s T20Is (3/28, 3/17, 1/20), more than he had taken over his seven previous innings (5); he has taken six wickets over his last three matches against South Africa in the format.
- Nandre Burger (South Africa) has induced a play-and-miss on 42.9% of his deliveries bowled in the powerplay period in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the highest rate among bowlers from Test playing countries (min. 5 powerplay overs bowled); he has taken at least one wicket in each of his last four matches in the format.
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