Pakistan vs South Africa highlights, World Cup 2023: SA secure dramatic 1-wicket win vs PAK

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Jansen goes short and cramps Shafique up. He tries a pull shot, top edge and he is caught at backward square. Marco Jansen in his first 2.3 overs has conceded just one run and taken one wicket.

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PAK vs SA Live Score: Pakistan 20/1 in 4.3 overs

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: First ball of he third from Lungi, Shafique pings it through the point area and this lighting fast outfield takes it to the boundary.

PAK vs SA Live Score: PAK 15/0 in 3.1 overs

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Last ball of the second from Ngidi, Imam pings it through midwicket with perfect timing and considerable power.

PAK vs SA Live Score: Pakistan 6/0 in 2 overs

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Marco Jansen keeps Abdullah Shafique pinned throughout the over. Metronomically banging it in that good to full length, with the last one being short.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Abdullah Shafique is facing up to Marco Jansen, Imam-ul-Haq at the other end. Right, time for some cricket then!

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: First comes the South African national anthem, and then Pakistan's. It is quite warm out there and the South Africans won't be too comfortable today. Just the toss has made it an interesting fixture.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Cricket South Africa has said that Kagiso Rabada has been ruled out due to a "lower back spasm." They also said that this is a "precautionary measure", which normally indicates that he will be ready for the next match. For the sake of this World Cup, which needs a fit and fine Rabada steaming in, let's hope that is the case.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Bavuma says that there have been some inspirational performances from his side. "We've built some momentum with our bowlers and batters clicking. This is not like a T20 WC where you play just 4-5 group games, we need to keep doing well," he said. Bavuma said that he would have chosen to bat first here as well. "Hopefully it stays nice and hard like this, we'll have to assess quickly on how to go about things here," he said. South Africa have three changes - Bavuma himself comes back along with Lungi Ngidi and Tabraiz Shamsi. Reeza Hendricks, Rabada and Lizaad Williams miss out.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Babar admits that every match is important now and that Pakistan need to improve in all departments, "fielding especially". "We need to stick together and discuss how to get better. I'm happy to do well myself now," he said. Apart from Wasim jr. coming in, Nawaz is also back for Usama Mir.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Babar Azam wins the toss and Pakistan will bat first. Wasim jr. is indeed playing but in place of Hasan Ali and not Haris Rauf.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock has scored three centuries in five matches, which indicates good form, to put it mildly. He is now one ton away from equalling AB de Villiers' record of most centuries for South Africa in the World Cup.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, /Mohammad Wasim Jr.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: This will be Pakistan's fourth ODI at this venue. They had won both the matches they had played in past against India in 1997 and 2012 before losing to Afghanistan earlier this week.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram and David Miller are all striking at over 100 in this tournament, with the former three having scored over 250 runs. All four of them strike at over 100 in ODIs in India as well generally.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: The pitch to be used today will be the same as the one used for the match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. It will likely be a bit quicker than the usual Chepauk surface.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: There are chances of a passing shower but then its unlikely that this will cause any reduction of overs in the match.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Babar hasn't exactly been able to showcase the abilities that have come to be associated with him over the course of his career. His tally for this tournament stands at 157 runs at an average of 31.40 with two fifties in five matches. There could be no better moment for him to come good than today, with all the odds against him. There are more than a few former cricketers calling for his head as captain and 'Zimbabar' hashtags are trending like never before. It really is a situation where he now has almost nothing to lose. Cornered tiger, anyone?

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: It is a bit of a testament to what cricket does in some countries that the PCB had to release a statement when Pakistan lost three consecutive matches in the World Cup. That's nice, isn't it? The board is standing up for its team at a time of strife. Except that isn't exactly what the PCB did. For most of its press release, PCB asked fans to continue supporting the team before putting the zinger at the end. "Captain Babar Azam and Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq were given freedom and support in forming the squad for the ICC World Cup 2023. Looking ahead, the board will make decisions in the best interest of Pakistan cricket based on the team's performances in the World Cup. At present, the PCB encourages fans, former players and stakeholders to rally behind the team as they strive to make a triumphant comeback in the mega-event," it said. Ah, nothing like a nice push under the bus to the captain and the chief selector when the going gets tough, right?

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Back in 1992, South Africa faced Pakistan for the first time ever in ODI cricket. They were also the last team to beat Pakistan in that tournament before the latter went into their "cornered tigers" mode and took the title itself. There are a few parallels that you can draw with where Pakistan are in this tournament to what wsa the situation with Imran Khan's side back then, although the consequences of losing today would arguably be far more dire to Babar's team. South Africa had scored 211/7 with Imran and Wasim Akram taking two wickets each. Pakistan's chase was interrupted and curtailed by rain and they ended up losing by 20 runs.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: The tearaway fast bowler has picked eight wickets in this tournament but has conceded a whopping 286 runs as well. With Pakistan desperate for a win today, there is a chance that they could go for some tough calls and the most obvious of those seem to be replacing Rauf with Mohammad Wasim Jr.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: No bowler has taken more wickets this year than Shaheen Afridi between the 41st and 50th overs in ODIs. For South Africa, the bulk of their big scores have come from Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller going berzerk in this period of matches. Conversely, though, Afridi hasn't been at his consistent best in this World Cup. Regardless, the responsibility of stopping the Proteas from going helter-skelter in the last 10 overs will have to be shouldered by the ace Pakistan pacer.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, World Cup 2023: Spinners seem to have difficulties under the lights at the Chepauk Stadium and so, if they win the toss, South Africa could choose to veer away from their template and chase today.