Pakistan is on the verge of defeat in the second test being played in Rawalpindi. By the end of the third day’s play, Pakistan had lost 4 wickets after scoring 94 runs. In the second innings, Pakistan team’s lead was only 23 runs. Babar Azam remains a ray of hope for the Pakistan team, who has scored 49 runs. Mohammad Rizwan is standing with him at the other end, who has scored 16 runs. Let us tell you that South Africa had taken a lead of 71 runs in the first innings.

South Africa increased its score to 185/4 on the third day. Kyle Varenin was out after scoring 10 runs in the very first over of the third day. Tristan Stubbs scored 76 runs, but after his dismissal Senuran Muthuswamy took charge. Keshav Maharaj also contributed 30 runs, but South Africa lost the 9th wicket at the score of 306.

Tail batsmen made Pakistani bowlers cry

Pakistan team could have taken a small lead in the first innings by taking the tenth wicket of South Africa, but for the 10th wicket, Kagiso Rabada and Senuran Muthuswamy made the Pakistani bowlers cry by making a partnership of 98 runs. While the Pakistan team was dreaming of gaining the lead, Rabada played an inning of 71 runs while batting at number 11. This was Rabada’s first half-century innings in international cricket.

Pakistan on the verge of defeat

South Africa had a lead of 71 runs in the first innings. When the Pakistan team came to bat in the second innings, off-spinner Simon Harmer wove such a web of spin that the top-order of the Pakistan team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 16. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel together added 44 runs, but Shakeel also got out after scoring 11 runs.

Now the Pakistan team has hope from Babar Azam, who has scored 49 runs till the end of the third day’s play. Let us tell you that Babar has not scored a century in the last 75 innings. Pakistan’s lead in the second innings is only 23 runs, so if set batsman Babar Azam can score big, Pakistan can come back in the match. After Babar and Rizwan, Salman Aga is the only batsman left.

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In the second test, South Africa’s first innings ended at 404 runs. In this test match being played in Rawalpindi, it has got a lead of 71 runs over Pakistan. Actually, when the African team was bowling, Keshav Maharaj had dismissed 7 batsmen of the Pakistani team. Now the number 11 batsman has also overpowered the Pakistani bowlers. The partnership of 98 runs for the last wicket was possible because all the batsmen were playing in the playing eleven of South Africa.

All batsmen in playing eleven

If we look at the playing eleven of South Africa, captain Aiden Markram is in it. Markram opened with Ryan Rickelton, followed by Tristan Stubbs and Tony DeGeorge, playing at number three and four respectively, scoring half-centuries of 76 and 55 runs. Dewald Brevis, who came at number five, could not open his account. After him came wicketkeeper Kyle Verreyen and Senuran Muthuswamy, who came to play at number 7, is a batting all-rounder, who returned unbeaten after scoring 89 runs in the first innings of the Rawalpindi Test.

Simon Harmer is playing as a bowler, but his first-class figures show something else. Because he has 2 centuries and 33 fifties in his first-class career. Marco Jansen is one of the world famous all-rounders, who was seen batting at number-9 against Pakistan. Keshav Maharaj calls himself a bowler, but his batting figures, especially in Tests, prove him to be an all-rounder.

Kagiso Rabada came to bat at number 11, who has played an inning of 71 runs against Pakistan. This is the first half-century of his Test career, but Rabada has been proving earlier also that he has plenty of classic shots.

lead of 71 runs

Pakistan had scored 333 runs in the first innings. In response, South Africa’s 9 wickets fell at 306 runs. But after this, a partnership of 98 runs was made between Kagiso Rabada and Senuran Muthuswamy, due to which South Africa scored 404 runs in the first innings. They got a lead of 71 runs over Pakistan in the first innings.

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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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