PAK vs SA Match Preview- 1st Test, South Africa Tour of Pakistan 2025

Pakistan will face South Africa in the first of the two-match Test series. The PAK vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the 1st Test of the South Africa tour of Pakistan 2025.

PAK vs SA Match Preview- 1st Test, South Africa Tour of Pakistan 2025:

Date and Venue:

The PAK vs SA match will be played from October 12-16 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The game will start at 10:30 AM IST.

Squads:

Pakistan

Shan Masood (c), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Asif Afridi, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Rizwan, Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi

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South Africa

Aiden Markram (c), David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj (second Test only), Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen, Kyle Verreynne

PAK vs SA Key battles:

Babar Azam vs Kagiso Rabada

Former Pakistani captain Babar Azam, who is making a comeback in the team, would want to make a significant contribution.

Babar will be up against Kagiso Rabada, who will look to pick early wickets for the visitors, South Africa, with the new ball.

Shan Masood vs Marco Jansen

Pakistan's Test captain Shan Masood would hope to convert the start that he gets in the first match against South Africa, which hasn't been the case in the last year or so.

Masood will face the challenge of Marco Jansen, who will be playing for the first time in this format post the final of the World Test Championship.

Aiden Markram vs Sajid Khan

South Africa's captain for this particular series, Aiden Markram, would look to lead from the front in the upcoming match.

Markram will have to face the challenge of Sajid Khan, who is expected to lead Pakistan's spin bowling attack.

Tristan Stubbs vs Noman Ali

Tristan Stubbs, who is still finding his feet in Test cricket, would want to have a good outing in the opening game of the two-match series against Pakistan.

Stubbs will have to tackle the bowling of Noman Ali, who will be banked upon to pick wickets at regular intervals, like he did against the West Indies.

PAK vs SA Key Players:

PAK- Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan

SA- Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada

PAK vs SA Weather Report:

There are no chances of rain during the game in Lahore with a maximum temperature of 31°C and a minimum of 20°C.

Conclusion

Pakistan would like to begin he multi-format series against South Africa with a win in the first Test to gain momentum for the matches to come.

South Africa, on the other hand, would look to continue the good run of form that the team is in in this format of the game when they step on the field for the first Test against Pakistan.