PAK vs SA Match Preview- 2nd Test, South Africa Tour of Pakistan 2025

Pakistan will face South Africa in the second of the two-match Test series. The PAK vs SA Match Preview provides today's match details for the 2nd Test of the South Africa tour of Pakistan 2025.

PAK vs SA Match Preview- 2nd Test, South Africa Tour of Pakistan 2025:

Date and Venue:

The PAK vs SA match will be played from October 20-24 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. 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, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen, Kyle Verreynne

PAK vs SA Key battles:

Babar Azam vs Kagiso Rabada

Babar Azam will look to play a big innings, having not scored a century across formats for a while, when he comes in to bat in the second Test against South Africa.

Babar will be up against Kagiso Rabada, who would want to make the most of the new ball by picking up wickets.

Shan Masood vs Senuran Muthusamy

Pakistan's Test captain Shan Masood would hope to build on the half-century he scored in the first innings of the previous game.

Masood will face the challenge of Senuran Muthusamy, who was the pick of the bowlers for South Africa, as he claimed 11 wickets in the opening match and would want to carry the same form in the next match as well.

Aiden Markram vs Sajid Khan

South Africa's captain Aiden Markram would wish to lead from the front while opening the batting for the team in the second Test against Pakistan.

Markram will have to face the challenge of Sajid Khan, who will look to get among the wickets early in the match.

Dewald Brevis vs Noman Ali

Dewald Brevis, who scored an attacking half-century while chasing in the second innings of the previous match for South Africa, would want to prolong his innings if he gets off to a start in the final game of the series.

Brevis will have to tackle the bowling of Noman Ali, who has been in magnificent form of late and would like to have another good outing with the ball.

PAK vs SA Key Players:

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

SA- Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tony de Zorzi, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada

PAK vs SA Weather Report:

There are no chances of rain during the game in Rawalpindi with a maximum temperature of 38°C and a minimum of 15°C.

Conclusion

Pakistan would like to make sure that they win the last Test against South Africa to claim the maximum percentage of points available in the World Test Championship.

South Africa, on the other hand, would look to win the match to level the series and continue the magnificent run of form that the team is in in international cricket.