Pakistan will compete South Africa In the second of the three-match T20I series. This article provides details about the playing 11 of South Africa vs Pakistan for the second match of the series.
South Africa Playing XI vs Pakistan- 2nd T20I, South Africa tour of Pakistan 2025
Openers: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks
South Africa will be encouraged by the way the team performed in all three departments of the game in the first T20 match against Pakistan.
The team led by Donovan Ferreira would like the batsmen and bowlers to perform better in their respective departments.
After losing the one-off T20 match against Namibia a few days ago, this win was important for the visitors, and will boost their confidence for the upcoming matches.
South Africa are expected to field an unchanged XI in the second T20I, with Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks opening the innings.
The pair would like to give a good start to the team in the first six overs and would also like to score runs individually.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Tony De Zorzi, Dewald Brewis, Matthew Britzke, Donovan Ferreira (captain), George Linde, Corbin Bosch
The Proteas will hope to deliver a good performance from their middle-order batsmen and take advantage of the good starts given by the openers to put a good score on the board.
It will be interesting to see whether the middle order, comprising Tony De Zorzi, Dewald Brewis and Donavan Ferreira, continues the aggressive approach adopted in the opening match of the series, which paid off to some extent.
Having said that, the visitors would like one of the middle-order batsmen to turn around the crucial starts that the team missed in the first match, as a result of which they failed to cross the 200-run mark.
Despite a good start in the first ten overs, South Africa was limited to a score of 194 runs and it is expected that this does not happen in the next match.
Bowlers: Lizaad Williams, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi
The bowling lineup, composed of George Linde, Corbyn Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Berger and Lungi Ngidi, did a good job with the ball while defending. Score of 194 runs in the first T20.
The team management and captain would like to repeat similar performance in the next match.
If the bowlers are able to perform well for the second consecutive time in the series, it will increase the guests’ chances of victory and take an unassailable lead in the three-match series.
The duo of Nandre Berger and Lungi Ngidi will be tasked with taking wickets in the first few overs and setting the stage for the other bowlers to take control in the middle overs.
Berger and Ngidi will be assisted by Lizaad Williams and Corbin Bosch as the other two fast bowling options.
Talking about the spin bowling department, it will be handled by George Linde as the only spinner.
