South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first against Pakistan in the first Test of the two-match series at SuperSport Park, Centurion.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan: Shan Masood (C), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad and Mohammad Abbas.
South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (C), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson, Corbin Bosch.
HEAD TO HEAD
Pakistan and South Africa have played a total of 28 Test matches. Out of these, Pakistan won 6 and South Africa won 15 times, seven matches did not yield a result.
- Matches played: 28
- Pakistan won: 06
- South Africa won: 15
- Drawn: 07
FORM GUIDE
Pakistan will carry that winning momentum forward after securing the three-match home Test series against England 2-1.
In the same way, South Africa, too, will look to carry the winning momentum of successive series wins over the West Indies, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
- South Africa: W, W, W, W, W (most recent first)
- Pakistan: W, W, L, L, L
