Pakistan has defeated South Africa by 7 wickets in the third ODI match. Pakistan has won the series 2-1. In this match played in Faisalabad, the South African team was reduced to just 143 runs. In reply, Pakistan team easily won the match with 7 wickets remaining in the 26th over. Babar Azam was a flop in this entire series, where his highest score was 27 runs.

When the South African team came to bat first, at one time they had scored 72 runs without losing any wicket. Luan Drie Pretorius and Quinton de Kock were moving the scoreboard forward at a run rate of around 6. As soon as Pretorius’ wicket fell on the score of 71, the South African batting collapsed like a house of cards.

One for 72, two for 87 runs and within no time the South African team had lost 5 wickets till the score was 117. Within the next 26 runs, South Africa also lost its remaining 5 wickets. The highest scorer of the African team was Quinton de Kock, who scored 53 runs. Pretorius contributed 39 runs.

While chasing the target of 144 runs, Pakistan also lost its first wicket early. Fakhar Zaman was out without opening the account. Sam Ayyub was the hero of the victory of the Pakistan team, who played a half-century of 77 runs. Mohammad Rizwan returned unbeaten after scoring 32 runs.

Babar Azam flopped again

Babar Azam’s bat remained silent in the entire ODI series against South Africa. In the third match, he was out after scoring only 27 runs. He scored only 11 runs in the second ODI and only 7 runs in the first ODI match. Babar could score only 45 runs after playing 3 matches in the entire series.

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Pakistan has defeated South Africa by 93 runs in the first test. In the first Test match played in Lahore, South Africa had a target of 277 runs, in response to which it was reduced to only 183 runs. 39-year-old Pakistani bowler Nauman Ali once again shone, taking 4 wickets in the second innings and a total of 10 wickets in the match. Shaheen Afridi also dismissed 4 batsmen in the second innings. With this, Pakistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the 2 test match series. Now the second test will be played in Rawalpindi from 20th October.

Pakistan defeated world champion

South Africa is the current World Test champion, having defeated Australia by 5 wickets in the WTC final this year. Pakistan team had scored 378 runs in the first innings of Lahore Test. In response, despite Tony De Georgi’s century inning of 104 runs, the African team could score only 269 runs in the first innings. Pakistan got a huge lead of 109 runs in the first innings.

The second innings of Pakistan team, which came with a lead of 109 runs, was reduced to only 167 runs. Babar Azam had contributed 42 runs. Let us tell you that Babar Azam has not been able to score any century in the last 74 innings in Test. In this way South Africa got the target of 277 runs.

While chasing the big target, South Africa lost 4 wickets till the score of 55 runs. Ryan Rickelton and Dewald Brewis somehow took their team’s score beyond 100 by making a partnership of 73 runs. Rickelton scored 45 runs, while Brewis scored 54 runs. The African team lost the last 3 wickets in just 10 runs.

This is the first series of both Pakistan and South Africa in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Current world champion South Africa would like to level the series 1-1 by defeating Pakistan in the next match to move towards maintaining its dominance.

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The first test between Pakistan and South Africa has come to an exciting turn. A total of 16 wickets fell on the third day in the Lahore Test and at stumps, South Africa had scored 51 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. The African team still has to score 226 more runs to register victory. Pakistan’s second innings was reduced to just 167 runs, after which South Africa got the target of 277 runs due to lagging in the first innings.

16 wickets fell on the third day

South Africa increased its score to 216/6 on the third day. Tony De Georgi completed his century, but he could not take his innings beyond 104 runs. At one time South Africa had scored 256 runs after losing 7 wickets, but within the next 13 runs they lost the remaining three wickets. In this way Pakistan achieved a huge lead of 109 runs in the first innings.

When Pakistan team came to bat in the second innings, it crossed the 100-run mark on the basis of small partnerships. Babar Azam contributed 42 runs. At one time Pakistan had scored 150 runs at the loss of 4 wickets and the team was moving towards a big score. From here, Senuran Muthuswamy wove such a web of spin that the Pakistan team lost the remaining 7 wickets in just 17 runs. Pakistan’s second innings was limited to 167 runs.

South Africa needs 226 runs

Chasing the target of 277 runs, the South African team has scored 51 runs by the end of the third day. Besides, his 2 wickets have also fallen. In this way, a total of 16 wickets fell on the third day. On the fourth day, South African team will have to score 226 more runs to win, while Pakistan would like to win the Lahore Test by taking 8 wickets.

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