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 Africa won the second ODI match against Pakistan at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Thursday by 8 wickets in 59 balls on the basis of Quinton de Kock’s century. With the win, the three-match series is leveled at 1-1. The third ODI will be played on Saturday.

Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan could score 269 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. Salman Ali Aga was the top scorer by scoring 69 runs on 106 balls. Saim Ayub played an inning of 53 runs and Mohammad Nawaz played an inning of 59 runs. Babar Azam was out after scoring 11 runs and Rizwan after scoring 4 runs.

Left arm fast bowler Nandre Berger bowled brilliantly for South Africa. Burger took 4 wickets for 46 runs in 10 overs. Apart from this, Nqaba Peter took 3 wickets for 55 runs in 8 overs and Corbin Bosh took 2 wickets for 58 runs in 10 overs.

Opener Quinton de Kock played an excellent century for South Africa while chasing the target of 270 runs. De Kock, who has been struggling with poor form for some time, played an unbeaten inning of 123 runs off 119 balls, hitting 7 sixes and 8 fours. De Kock made a partnership of 81 runs with Pretorius 46 for the first wicket and 153 runs with Tony DeGeorge 76 for the second wicket. Captain Matthew Britzke remained unbeaten after scoring 17 runs. South Africa scored 270 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 40.1 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.

Pakistan captain Shaheen used 8 bowlers but Mohammad Wasim Junior and Faheem Ashraf got 1-1 success. Quinton de Kock was the player of the match.

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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Former Pakistan captain and star batsman Babar Azam, who has been struggling with poor form for a long time, has received the support of former legend Wasim Akram. Although, till some time ago, Wasim Akram also used to criticize Babar a lot, but on Friday, Babar Azam became the highest run-scorer in T20 International by leaving behind India’s Rohit Sharma and now the tone of Wasim Akram has changed.

Know here what Wasim Akram said?

Wasim Akram supported Babar Azam and said that one bad phase cannot define any player. We all should support Babar. Speaking to Cricket Pakistan, Wasim Akram said, “There is still a lot of cricket left in Babar Azam. He can still achieve a lot for Pakistan. We all should support him.”

Let us tell you that Babar Azam has now become the highest run-scorer batsman in T20 International. In the second T20 match against South Africa on Friday, Babar Azam made this big record, leaving behind India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Babar achieved this feat by scoring 11 runs on 18 balls in the second T20 match against South Africa in Lahore on Friday night. Babar has now become the highest run-scorer batsman in T20 international cricket, leaving behind Rohit and Kohli.

Rohit and Virat are far ahead of Babar in strike rate and sixes.

Babar Azam has so far scored 4234 runs in 123 matches at an average of 39.57, but his strike rate and number of sixes are less compared to other players included in the list of highest run-scoring batsmen. Babar’s strike rate is 128.77 and he has hit 73 sixes. In this matter, Rohit, Kohli, Jos Buttler and Paul Sterling are ahead of him. Rohit’s strike rate is 140.89 and he has hit 205 sixes in his career. Virat’s strike rate is 137.04 and he has hit 124 sixes. Buttler’s strike rate is 148.97 and he has hit 172 sixes, while Ireland’s Stirling has a strike rate of 134.86 and he has hit 133 sixes.

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.

South Africa defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the second test played in Rawalpindi. With this defeat at home, Pakistan has moved out of the top-2 within 8 days, whereas after winning the first test, this team under the captaincy of Shan Masood had reached the second position. This test series of 2 matches Pakistan vs South Africa ended in a 1-1 draw. Pakistan’s defeat in the second test has given a big advantage to India in the WTC points table.

Pakistan suffered loss

Before this Test, Pakistan team was in second place in the World Test Championship 2025-2027 points table, this happened after its victory in the first Test. Now Pakistan has reached 5th position. The team has won 1 out of 2 matches and lost 1. Pakistan’s winning percentage is 50 with 12 points.

South Africa at number four

After winning the second test, South Africa is at fourth position in the points table. South Africa has also won 1 out of 2 matches and lost 1. Like Pakistan, its victory percentage is also 50. Let us tell you that the points table of the World Test Championship is determined on the basis of the winning percentage of the teams. The team which has higher winning percentage remains on top.

India benefited from Pakistan’s defeat

India had just defeated West Indies 2-0 in the Test series at home, even after this there was no change in India’s position in the table but Team India has benefited from Pakistan’s defeat. The team has moved from fourth to third place. India has played 7 matches in this WTC cycle (2025-2027), out of which they have won 4 and lost 2. One of the team’s matches against England was a draw. India has 52 points and a winning percentage of 61.90.

Australia and Sri Lanka top-2

Australia cricket team is currently at the first position in the points table of the World Test Championship 2025-27. The team has played 3 matches and won all three. Australia has 36 points with 100 percent win. Sri Lanka is at second place, which has won 1 out of 2 matches and one of its matches has been a draw. Sri Lanka’s winning percentage with 16 points is 66.67.

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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