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2nd Test 2025, PAK vs SA Live Score: South Africa must come well prepared for the spin challenge in Rawalpindi to avoid a whitewash in the first series after winning the WTC. Stay tuned for the live score and updates.
Updated Oct 20, 2025, 10:36 IST
1.6: Marco Jansen to Abdullah Shafique, Goes short, over off, Shafique stands tall and drops it down near his feet.
1.5: Marco Jansen to Abdullah Shafique, Pitched up, on middle, Shafique plants his front foot across and whips it to mid on.
1.4: Marco Jansen to Abdullah Shafique, Jansen bangs it into the deck, on middle, Abdullah Shafique looks to turn it away on the leg side but is beaten on the inside edge and wears it high on the thigh pad.
1.3: Marco Jansen to Abdullah Shafique, On middle and leg, on a good length, Abdullah leans forward and blocks it out.
1.2: Marco Jansen to Abdullah Shafique, On a back of a length, on middle, Abdullah Shafique stays back to stab it down on the leg side.
1.1: Marco Jansen to Abdullah Shafique, Serves it on a length, on middle, Abdullah defends it down.
Who will bowl from the other end? It will be Marco Jansen.
0.6: Kagiso Rabada to Abdullah Shafique, Full and on middle, Shafique closes the bat face early and gets a soft leading edge that goes wide of cover for a single.
0.5: Kagiso Rabada to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR! That will only rub salt into the wounds of Kagiso! Slightly fuller, around off, Abdullah pushes at the ball with hard hands. Gets it off the outer half to the left of the diving point fielder for a boundary.
0.4: Kagiso Rabada to Abdullah Shafique, Did that carry? Oh, yes, it did! Tristan Stubbs has shelled it! Angled into the right-hander, on the off stump. Shafique tries to play the line of the ball but the ball nips away to take the outside edge. It goes at knee height to third slip, where Stubbs bends to take the catch around his right knee but the ball hits his palm and pops out.
0.3: Kagiso Rabada to Abdullah Shafique, Rabada goes full and attacks the stumps, Abdullah Shafique presents a straight bat and knocks it to mid on.
0.2: Kagiso Rabada to Abdullah Shafique, In the channel on off, on a nagging length, Abdullah Shafique lets it be. The ball carries at waist height to the keeper.
0.1: Kagiso Rabada to Abdullah Shafique, Rabada steams in from over the wicket and lands it on a good length, around the off stump. Abdullah presses forward to defend and gets it off the outer half to point.
We are all set for the game to start. Aiden Markram leads his troops out to the centre. It will be the left-hand, right-hand combination of Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique to open the innings for Pakistan. Kagiso Rabada will kickstart the proceedings with the red cherry. Three slips and a gull in place. Rabada to Shafique. Here we go!
South Africa’s Tony de Zorzi is also up for a chat. He says that there was some reverse swing in Lahore but the pitch conditions are pretty much the same when they faced Bangladesh earlier. Continues that he had a bit of difficulty facing the spinners, but he is looking forward to the challenge. Ends up saying that they don’t mind batting second, but they need to take wickets to put their opposition under pressure.
Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi is in for a chat. Mentions that he bowled only 5 overs in the first innings, but the team needed an effort from him in the 2nd innings, and he is happy to have delivered. Feels that when there is not much help from the surface for seamers, it is important that you target the stumps. Believes that the more you bowl, the more you will improve.
PITCH REPORT – Ramiz Raja is pitchside. He reckons that this is another difficult wicket for the batters. Bazid Khan joins him, and he expects the ball to start turning quite early in the game. Mentions that the track is drier and more abrasive than it was in Lahore. Believes that the batters will have to have a couple of shots in their armour to be able to rotate the strike and put pressure on the bowlers. Adds that the sweep could be effective against spinners. Bazid opines Pakistan will be ahead in the game if they post a score above 275 and feels that chasing anything above 150 in the fourth innings will be really difficult.
South Africa (Playing XI) – Aiden Markram (C), Ryan Rickelton, Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne (WK), Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen (In for Wiaan Mulder), Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj (In for Prenelan Subrayen), Kagiso Rabada.
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