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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South African opener Quinton de Kock, who is returning to ODI cricket after retiring, scored a century against Pakistan at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Thursday. With this century, De Kock reached the third position for South Africa in terms of scoring centuries in ODIs. He left behind former opener Herschelle Gibbs.

Quinton de Kock played an unbeaten inning of 123 runs hitting 7 sixes and 8 fours in 119 balls against Pakistan on Thursday. This was his 22nd century in ODIs. De Kock left behind Herschelle Gibbs who scored 21 centuries. In front of De Kock are Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers. Amla has scored 27 centuries and De Villiers has scored 25 centuries.

De Kock had said goodbye to the ODI format after the ODI World Cup 2023. But, the next ODI World Cup is to be held in South Africa and perhaps that is why De Kock has made a comeback in ODIs. De Kock’s return to the South African team is going to strengthen its hopes of winning the World Cup. De Kock is not only an excellent wicketkeeper, but is also counted among the top opening batsmen in the world. De Kock has scored 6,956 runs in 157 matches between 2013 and 2025, scoring 22 centuries.

Herschelle Gibbs has been South Africa’s most successful opening batsman. Gibbs scored 8,094 runs with the help of 21 centuries in 240 innings of 248 ODIs. De Villiers scored 9,427 runs in 223 ODIs with the help of 25 centuries and Hashim Amla scored 8,113 runs in 181 ODIs with the help of 27 centuries. De Kock is 32 years old. He can become the batsman who has scored the most centuries for South Africa in ODI cricket.

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South Africa defeated Pakistan badly in the second ODI. Nandre Berger did wonders in bowling, while Quinton de Kock thrashed Pakistan bowlers in batting. Batting first, Pakistan had set a target of 270 runs for South Africa to win, which the visiting team achieved in 40.1 overs and won by 8 wickets.

Quinton de Kock’s 22nd ODI century

While chasing the target, Quinton De Kock scored a century, this is the 22nd ODI century of his career. He has come third among the batsmen who have scored the most centuries in ODIs for South Africa.

Luan-Dre Pretorius and Quinton de Kock had made a partnership of 81 runs for the first wicket, Pretorius was out after scoring 46 runs in the 12th over. Mohammad Wasim made him his victim. After this there was a partnership of 153 runs between De Kock and Tony De Zorzi.

Tony De Zorzi scored 76 runs in 63 balls, in this innings he hit 3 sixes and 9 fours. Quinton de Kock scored unbeaten 123 runs in 119 balls, in this innings he hit 7 sixes and 8 fours.

8 players of Pakistan bowled

South African batsmen worsened the condition of Pakistan’s main bowlers, due to which Afridi had to bowl to his part-timer bowlers. Let us tell you that a total of 8 Pakistani players bowled.

Shaheen Afridi bowled a spell of 7 overs, he did not get any wicket. He gave 41 runs. Naseem Shah, Faheem Ashraf also did not get any wicket. The only wicket in the innings was taken by Mohammad Wasim, who spent 48 runs in the spell of 8 overs.

Deadly bowling by Nandre Berger and Nakaba Peter.

Earlier, South African bowlers had wreaked havoc on Pakistan. Nandre Berger had already taken a big wicket in the form of Fakhar Zaman on the third ball of the over. After this, Berger scattered Pakistan’s top order by sending Babar Azam (11) and Mohammad Rizwan (4) to the pavilion cheaply. After 3 wickets fell at 22, a partnership of 92 runs between Sam Ayub and Agha Salman took care of Pakistan.

Ayub played a good inning of 53 runs and Salman played a good inning of 69 runs, after which Mohammad Nawaz scored an important half-century to help Pakistan reach a respectable score. Nawaz scored 59 runs in 59 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours. Pakistan had scored 269 runs while batting first.

Nandre Burger took 4 wickets for 46 runs in his spell of 10 overs. Nakaba Peter took 3 wickets after spending 55 runs in 8 overs. Corbin Bosch took 2 wickets for 58 runs in 10 overs. The 3-match ODI series is now tied at 1-1. The deciding match of the series will be played on Saturday, 8 November.

South Africa has scored 263 runs against Pakistan in the first ODI. Despite the opening partnership of 98 runs, South Africa could not reach a big score and was reduced to 263. Quinton de Kock and Luan Dry Pretorius scored half-centuries. Pakistan’s Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed wreaked havoc on the South African batsmen. Both of them dismissed three batsmen each.

Quinton de Kock and Luan Drie Pretorius made a partnership of 98 runs for the first wicket. Pretorius was out after scoring 57 runs. Whereas De Kock has returned to the ODI team after 2 years, he played a half-century of 63 runs as soon as he came back. Apart from him, captain Matthew Britzke contributed 42 runs.

South Africa’s strength came out in 72 runs

The South African team had a great start and at one time had scored 191 runs at the loss of only 3 wickets. But after that 7 wickets of Africa fell for just 72 runs. It was good for Corbin Bosch, who played an inning of 41 runs and took the team’s score beyond 260, otherwise it was looking difficult for the team to score even 240 runs. The last 4 wickets of the South African team fell within just 35 runs.

havoc of pakistani bowlers

The most successful bowler for Pakistan was Naseem Shah. He took 3 wickets for just 40 runs in 9.1 overs. Abrar Ahmed also took 3 wickets, but his economy rate was worse than Naseem. Sam Ayyub seems like he is becoming one of the main all-rounders of the team and is proving to be a consistent wicket taker and bowler. He took 2 wickets in this match also. Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz took one wicket each.

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In the second T20 played at Gaddafi Stadium, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 9 wickets and leveled the series 1-1. The third T20 will be decisive. In the second match, Babar Azam scored 11 unbeaten runs, in this short innings he broke the world record of Rohit Sharma. He has become the highest run scorer in T20 International cricket.

Talking about the match, the entire South African team was bundled out for 110 runs while batting first. Faheem Ashraf took maximum 4 wickets and Salman Mirza took 3 wickets, Naseem Shah took 2 wickets. South Africa’s top order and middle order batsmen all flopped. Quinton de Kock 7, Reza Hendricks 0, Tony De Jorji 7, Matthew Britzke was out after scoring 5 runs, captain Donoval Ferreira could also score only 15 runs.

Babar Azam broke Rohit Sharma’s world record

Chasing the target, Sahibzada Farhan and Sam Ayub made a partnership of 54 runs for the first wicket, Farhan was out after scoring 28 runs in the 7th over. After this Babar Azam came, however Sam Ayub present at the other end then started an explosive innings and gave the team victory in the 14th over. Ayub scored unbeaten 71 runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 6 fours, Babar remained unbeaten after playing 18 balls and scoring 11 runs.

In terms of scoring most runs in T20, Babar Azam has left Rohit Sharma behind and has come first in the list. Rohit has scored 4231 runs in T20, he has retired from this format. Babar Azam has now scored 4234 runs in 123 innings of 130 matches.

Top-5 batsmen who scored most runs in T20 International

• Babar Azam (Pakistan)- 4234
• Rohit Sharma (India)- 4231
• Virat Kohli (India)- 4188
• Jos Buttler (England)- 3869
• Paul Stirling (Ireland)- 3710

South Africa won the first T20 of the 3-match series, in which Babar Azam was out on zero. Pakistan won the second match, now the third match of the series will be the deciding match of the series. The third T20 will be played today at Gaddafi Stadium. According to Indian time, it will start at 8:30 pm.

Babar Azam was not a part of Pakistan’s T20 team for the last one year, he was not even in the Asia Cup. He got a chance in the T20 series against South Africa, he returned to this format after a year but he flopped miserably in the first match. He ducked out after playing 2 balls.

Batting first, South Africa gave Pakistan a target of 195. Pakistan’s openers Sahibzada Farhan and Sam Ayub made a partnership of 31 runs for the first wicket. Sahibzada (24) was bowled by Lizad Williams in the fifth over. After this Babar Azam came, Pakistan expected that the experienced batsman, who was returning to T20 after a year, would play important innings, but it did not happen.

Babar Azam out on zero

Babar Azam was caught out on the third ball of the last over of the powerplay. Corbin Bosch got him caught out by Reza Hendricks. While today he had a chance to create history, Babar needs only 9 more runs to become the highest run-scorer in T20, behind only Rohit Sharma in the list.

BABAR AZAM DISMISSED FOR DUCK ON HIS COMEBACK..!! pic.twitter.com/xDvwdN9ObL

— junaiz (@dhillow_) October 28, 2025

Contribution Of Babar Azam On His Come Back.

-Missed Run Out
-Dropped easy catch
-Wasted Two Balls pic.twitter.com/698g7Qadde

— SheR•ALI (@Sher__Ali) October 28, 2025

Disappointed in fielding also

Babar Azam also disappointed his fans with his fielding during South Africa’s batting. On the fourth ball of the 17th over bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi, Linde hit a shot in front, the ball was in the air and Babar Azam standing in front could have taken an easy catch but he missed the catch. Captain Salman Ali Aga also looked very angry on this.

Easy catch drop Babar Azam #PakistanCricket #PAKvSA #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/BfvaRf4kqX

— Hafiz Ali Ahmed (@HafizAl73906426) October 28, 2025

Batting first, South Africa scored 194 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Reza Hendricks had scored 60 runs in 40 balls with the help of 1 six and 5 fours. Quinton de Kock scored 23 runs in 13 balls and Tony De Jorji scored 33 runs in 16 balls. In the end, George Linde played an important inning of 36 runs in 22 balls. Mohammad Nawaz took the most wickets for Pakistan, he took 3 wickets. Sam Ayub got 2 wickets. Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed got 1 wicket each.

South Africa has scored 194 runs in the first T20 match against Pakistan. Pakistani bowlers were badly beaten right from the beginning, with four out of six bowlers giving away runs at an economy rate of more than 10. Reeza Hendricks played an inning of 60 runs, while Tony De Jorji scored 33 runs while batting at a stormy strike rate of 206. The most successful bowler for Pakistan was Mohammad Nawaz, who took 3 wickets.

The main fast bowler of Pakistan team missed the fifty, as he gave away 45 runs in 4 overs and took only one wicket. Apart from them, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed were also brutally beaten.

update in progress…

The first T20 is being played between Pakistan and South Africa in Rawalpindi, Babar Azam has returned to the Pakistan team. Before the T20 World Cup 2026, this is a big sign that Babar is being seen in the team for the next World Cup, while the PCB has sidelined Mohammad Rizwan. A few days ago, he was removed from the ODI captaincy by the PCB because he refused to promote the betting app.

Babar Azam had earlier played his last T20 against South Africa on December 13, 2024 at SuperSport Park. Today he is playing his first T20 after 11 months, meanwhile PCB had dropped him from the T20 squad. He also did not play in Asia Cup 2025, where Pakistan reached the final. India had defeated Pakistan in the final.

Babar Azam close to breaking Rohit Sharma’s record

In the first T20 being played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga won the toss and chose to bowl first. In this match, Babar Azam can break a big record of Rohit Sharma.

The highest run scorer in T20 International cricket is Rohit Sharma, he has scored 4231 runs in 151 innings. This includes 5 centuries and 32 half-century innings. Babar Azam is just 8 runs away from Rohit, he will break Rohit’s record by scoring 9 runs and will come first in this list. Babar has scored 4223 runs in 121 innings, which includes 3 centuries and 36 half-centuries.

Pakistan’s playing 11

Sam Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Usman Khan (wicket keeper), Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.

South Africa’s playing 11

Reza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk), Tony De Jorzi, Dewald Brewis, Matthew Bretzke, Donoval Ferreira (c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.

Pakistan vs South Africa 3 match T20 series is going to start from Tuesday, everyone’s eyes will be on the performance of Babar Azam. But he does not need a huge innings to break Rohit Sharma’s world record, he needs only 9 runs and by doing so he will become the batsman who has scored the most T20 runs in the world.

Babar Azam is also included in the Pakistan team captained by Salman Ali Aga, who was not playing T20 cricket for a long time. He also played the last T20 International match against South Africa in December 2024, in which he scored 31 runs. He has not been able to score a half-century in the last 11 innings.

Rohit Sharma vs Babar Azam (in T20I)

Rohit Sharma is at number one in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. He has scored 4231 runs in 151 innings of 159 matches at a strike rate of 140.89. This includes 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries. Pakistan’s Babar Azam is at second place in the list, who is not far away from Rohit.

Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 International cricket, he now plays only in ODIs. Babar Azam is second in the list. Babar has scored 4223 runs in 121 innings of 128 matches, in which there are 3 centuries and 36 half-centuries. Babar will now equal Rohit by scoring 8 runs and to break his world record, Babar has to score only 9 runs.

Top-5 batsmen who scored most runs in T20 International

• Rohit Sharma (India) – 4231 runs
• Babar Azam (Pakistan)- 4223* runs
• Virat Kohli (India) – 4188 runs
• Jos Buttler (England) – 3869 runs
• Paul Stirling (Ireland) – 3710 runs

Pakistan vs South Africa T20 Series 2025

On the Pakistan tour, South Africa will play a 3-match ODI series after 2 Tests, the first match of which will be played on October 28 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The match will start at 8:30 pm Indian time, the toss will take place at 8 pm.

Pakistan’s T20 squad: Abdul Samad, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Agha Salman (captain), Usman Khan (wicket keeper), Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqim, Usman Tariq.

Pakistan Captain Shan Masood New Responsibility: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has entrusted a big responsibility to its Test team captain Shan Masood. Shan Masood has been made advisor on matters related to international cricket and players. This decision of the board has come after the test series played with South Africa. Pakistan had lost the last match of this series. In this series, Pakistan team played under the captaincy of Shan Masood and this series ended in a draw of 1-1. After this series, Pakistani Test captain Shan Masood has got a big position.

Will Shaan Masood play double role?

This decision of Pakistan Cricket Board has surprised everyone. This decision was announced by the board when the Pakistan-South Africa Test series was drawn at 1-1. According to reports, the players were informed about this when Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif invited the Pakistani team for dinner along with the South African players. No information has been given yet by PCB whether Shan Masood will handle this new responsibility while remaining the captain or Pakistan’s Test team will get a new captain.

Pakistan-South Africa Test Series

The test series between Pakistan and South Africa was drawn at 1-1. The first test between these two teams was played in Lahore, in which Pakistan won by 93 runs. The second match was played in Rawalpindi, which South Africa won by 8 wickets. Pakistani captain Shan Masood’s captaincy record in Test cricket is nothing special. Under the captaincy of Shan Masood, Pakistan has won only 4 out of 14 test matches played, whereas the Pakistani team has lost 10 test matches. Despite this shameful record of Shan Masood, PCB has given the responsibility of the post of advisor to its captain.

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