Pakistan vs South Africa, T20 World Cup 2022 Highlights: PAK beat SA by 33 runs, stay in race for semi-finals

That is extraordinary from the South Africa skipper. 148kph boult from Haris Rauf, Bavuma scoops it high over backward square leg. That might just go down as the shot of the chase. 

A steady-looking partnership here between Bavuma and Markram. Bavuma is looking better than he ever has throughout this year really, he has moved to 28 off 15 balls. 

Markram ends the over with two fours. He first clears cover with a shot that he miscued a bit. Then he flicks it over mid-on for the second four. South Africa 36/2 in four overs

A little yes no, he dabs the ball down the ground and sets out. Then he hesitates for a millisecond as he saw Naseem Shah coming across to get the ball. Markram continues running and so Bavuma proceeds, he puts in the dive, direct hit from Naseem but the throw is woefully short of power. It is sent to the third umpire and replay shows that Bavuma had made it. He is looking pretty good and this would have been a terrible way to go, he started the run and then he himself hesitated. 

That is brilliant from the South African captain. Times this uppercut over backward point perfectly and it races to the boundary. 

Haris Rauf comes in for the fourth over and is welcomed by Bavuma with a boundary. He flicks it very fine for four towards the fine leg boundary. 

Rossouw top edges this slash and it carries to third man. Wicket No.2 for Shaheen and Pakistan firmly in control here.  

Rossouw c Naseem Shah b Shaheen Afridi 7 (6), South Africa 16/2 in 2.4 overs 

Length ball from Naseem Shah on his hips and Rossouw just whips it away over the boundary. Rilee Rossouw has scored two centuries and three ducks in his last five innings so it's century or nothing for now. He is off the mark here…

Shaheen Afridi strikes! De Kock tries to clear midwicket and ends up floating it to Mohammad Haris. De Kock is gone without scoring and that is a big wicket. 

Quinton de Kock c Mohammad Haris b Shaheen Afridi 0 (5), South Africa 1/1 in 1 over 

So no delays here, the rain has cleared off. Temba Bavuma takes his mark with Quinton de Kock at the other end, Shaheen Afridi bowls the first over.

“Happy with the start, at the end, may be too many boundaries at the back-end. I thought the wicket got better with rain coming, it didn't get flatter, but the ball skidded a lot more. They (Ifthikhar and Shadab) kept on coming at us the whole time, it was a good test for us. I'm sure we can chase this score down.”

Such was the brilliance of Shadab and Iftikhar's partnership that there is almost a sense of Pakistan not quite scoring as much as they could have at the end of it all. When they were four wickets down in the first seven overs earlier on, a score even close to 180 looked improbable. A wonderful innings from Iftikhar, whose 51 off 35 balls was the anchor of the innings for the second half of the 20 overs. Shadab's 52 off 22 was the other big factor.   

Dropped catches, fumbles and a diving runout, those last three-four balls had everything. That has to be one of the most chaotic end to an innings you will ever get to see. It is drizzling there and that seems to do no favours for South Africa. They drop a catch off the fifth ball and Pakistan run three. Another catching chance off the next ball that the fielder cannot get to, the batters run for their lives. The throw is fumbled slightly by Bavuma and in the end, he just runs to the stumps with the ball and dives on to it a la Jonty Rhodes. That does the job.  

A brilliant catch, South Africa seem to have found themselves in the field. Iftikhar skies Rabada to long-on and Rossouw jumps up and takes the catch behind his head. Then he makes sure that he stays within the boundary. Sharp work. 

Iftikhar c Rossouw b Rabada 51 (35), Pakistan 177/8 in 19.1 overs

Wasim swings for the rafters and goes for a golden duck. Iftikhar Ahmed is on strike for the last over and Pakistan can eye something over 185 now, which makes it an extremely good fightback. 

Well there was a dropped catch off the previous ball, with Markram dropping a sitter of Shadab at long-on. It led to the umpires conferring if the players should be taken off, there is a steady drizzle now. But they carry on, Shadab goes aerial again and finally, South Africa hold on to the catch. Standing ovation from the crowd for that blinder of an innings. 

Shadab Khan c Stubbs b Nortje 52 (22), Pakistan 177/6 in 18.5 overs

He smashes that one down the ground! Shadab Khan and Iftikhar have absolutely turned this around on the Proteas. 

Full toss above waste high from Nortje, Shadab pulls it away for six and Nortje will have to to bowl it again! It is all going south for South Africa. 

What an innings this is, could be the difference between victory and defeat for Pakistan. He has got there in 33 balls and Pakistan are 161/5 in 18.1 overs. 

Nortje bowling the 17th and Shadab nails the drive past mid-off for four off the third ball. Then he upper cuts Nortje to send the ball over the boundary. The partnership is now worth 51 runs in 23 balls!

Shadab ends the 16th over with a four. This partnership is worth 40 runs already in just 18 balls. 

Short from Ngidi for the fourth ball of the 16th and Iftikhar creams the pull shot to send that into the stands. 

Smacks the full delivery from Shamsi over extra cover. He had hit the first ball of the 15th for four, then taken two and then the six. 

Parnell returns for the 14th and the first ball of the over is sent downtown by Iftikhar for a six. 

Sweep again but this time he is struck on the pads. South Africa appeal, the batters run as the umpire slowly raises that finger. There is a direct hit as well, Nawaz walks away without even conferring with his partner. Strangely enough, it looks like Nawaz had got a faint edge on that ball in the most rudimentary of replays.  

Nawaz lbw b Shamsi 28 (22), Pakistan 95/5 in 13 overs