Pakistan opt to bat against South Africa in 1st T20 at Dubai

Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in their first Twenty20 International match at Dubai on Wednesday.

South Africa will be high on confidence after their win in the ODI series © AFP

Nov 13, 2013

Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in their first Twenty20 International match at Dubai on Wednesday.

Pakistan will look to win the two-match Twenty20 series against South Africa starting on Wednesday to go to the top of the rankings in the shortest format of the game, AFP reported.
 
Besides improvement in the rankings, both the teams will also seek to get tuned up for the fifth edition of the World Twenty20 to be held in Bangladesh in March and April next year.

Teams:

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez (c), Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Imran Tahir

Catch live scores and ball-by-ball commentary of the first T20 match between Pakistan and South Africa here

Pakistan vs South Africa — Live on Ten Cricket

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