<\/p>\n
Pakistan put up 270 in the first innings of their sixth match in the International Cricket Council World Cup on Friday.<\/p>\n
Skipper Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel scored half-centuries as the Green Team were all out in the 47th over.<\/p>\n
Tabraiz Shamsi was the pick of the South African bowler as the leggie picked up four wickets for 60 runs in his 10 overs.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat against South Africa as the Green Shirts look to end a three-match losing streak in the ongoing World Cup.<\/p>\n
The match is taking place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.<\/p>\n
Pakistan made two changes to the squad. Hasan Ali was ruled out due to fever and Wasim Jr was brought in while Muhammad Nawaz took Usama Mir\u2019s place.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the toss, Azam said that every match was important and the team would try its best to put runs on the board.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to improve in all departments, especially fielding and bowling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma is back after missing the last two games with a gastric problem.<\/p>\n
Opener Reeza Hendricks has made way in one of three changes to the side that defeated Bangladesh by 149 runs in Mumbai on Tuesday. Kagiso Rabada, who has a back injury, and Lizaad Williams are replaced by leg spinner Tabraiz Shamsi and fast bowler Lungi Ngidi.<\/p>\n
Pakistan have lost three matches in succession after winning their first two. South Africa are in a strong position with four wins in five games.<\/p>\n
Pakistan:<\/strong> Imamul Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim, Haris Rauf<\/p>\n South Africa:<\/strong> Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, Lungi Ngidi<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pakistan put up 270 in the first innings of their sixth match in the International Cricket Council World Cup on Friday. Skipper Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel scored half-centuries as the Green Team were all out in the 47th over. Tabraiz Shamsi was the pick of the South African bowler as the leggie picked up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/10\/271734538002d71.jpg?r=173630","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t