South Africa vs Pakistan Scorecard, 3rd T20I, Pakistan vs South Africa 2021
Result · Feb 14 2021, Sun - 06:30 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA164/8
PAKISTAN169/6
Pakistan won by 4 wickets
CRR:9.05
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in Pakistan 2021 |
| Date: | Feb 14 2021, Sun - 06:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| City: | Lahore |
| Venue: | Gaddafi Stadium |
| Toss: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Haider Ali, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Zahid Mehmood, Hassan Ali, Shaheen Afridi |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, Pite van Biljon, Heinrich Klaasen (c) (wk), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Lutho Sipamla, Tabraiz Shamsi |
- Pakistan have won five of their six multi-game bilateral men's T20I series on home soil (L1); whoever manages to record victory in this game, will win the series (currently 1-1).
- South Africa have registered nine wins to Pakistan's seven when these sides have faced off in men's T20I cricket; the Proteas come into this game on the back of a six-wicket victory against Pakistan just 24 hours prior to this encounter.
- Pakistan have registered victories in 15 of their 20 men's T20Is on home soil (L5), a win rate of 75%; they saw their six-match winning streak in Pakistan come to an end last time out, however (v South Africa, 13th February 2021).
- South Africa have never lost a multi-game bilateral men's T20I series in Asia, winning five times out of a possible six when playing in the continent (D1).
- South Africa's five-game losing run in men's T20I cricket came to an end in their most recent match; they have not won back-to-back outings in the format since February 2020.
- All three dropped catches in this series have been recorded by South Africa, two of which were evaluated as being easy chances; Pakistan have taken all six of their catches.
- Babar Azam (1,686) requires just five runs to eclipse Umar Akmal (1,690) as the third-most prolific run-scorer for Pakistan in men's T20Is; only Dawid Malan (53.4) and Virat Kohli (50.5) have higher averages among players from Test-playing nations in men's T20Is (10+ innings) than the Pakistan batsman (48.2).
- Mohammad Rizwan has the chance to register his fourth T20I score of 50+ in succession, the joint-most ever recorded in men's T20I cricket; his run of three in a row is already the joint-most managed by a Pakistan batsman.
- Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) has logged more dot balls than any other bowler in this series, recording 25 of them; his dot ball rate is the highest of any bowler too (58.1%).
- Hussain Talat (Pakistan) has been dismissed by South Africa's Tabraiz Shamsi in both matches so far in this series, posting just two runs in response (four balls faced).