CENTURION: Pakistan team management has decided to make one change in their playing XI for the second T20I against South Africa today.
Left-arm bowling all-rounder Jahandad Khan has replaced chinaman Sufiyan Muqeem for the second match.
Sufiyan, who bowled brilliantly in the Zimbabwe T20I series, went for some runs in the first T20I against the Proteas. David Miller took charge of the young spinner who conceded 53 runs in his four overs.
Jahandad made his T20I debut against Australia in Hobart last month. He picked up a wicket and conceded 17 runs in his three overs on his debut.
So far, the left-arm bowler has picked up four wickets in four games.
Pakistan lost first T20I
George Linde backed his quickfire 48 with four-wicket haul and steered South Africa to an 11-run victory over Pakistan in the first T20I of the three-match series in Durban.
Chasing a daunting 184-run target, the green shirts could accumulate 172/8 in the allotted 20 overs despite skipper Mohammad Rizwan’s half-century.
The touring side had a shaky start to the pursuit as their star batter Babar Azam perished for a four-ball duck in the third over with the scoreboard reading 16/1.
Following the early hiccup, Saim Ayub put together a one-sided 40-run partnership for the second wicket with Rizwan before falling victim to Andile Simelane in the seventh over.
The left-handed batter scored a quick 31 off just 15 balls with the help of seven boundaries.
Rizwan, who batted cautiously until the 16th over, finally switched gears and smashed Kwena Maphaka for two sixes in the following over.
The right-handed batter eventually walked back on the second delivery of the final over when he skied a Maphaka’s short delivery outside off towards the third-man region, where Nqabayomzi Peter took an easy catch.
He remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with a 62-ball 74, which featured five fours and three sixes.
Maphaka then displayed nerves of steel and conceded only six runs off the remaining four deliveries and led his side to an 11-run victory in the series opener.
For South Africa, Linde bagged four wickets, followed by Kwena Maphaka with two, while Ottneil Baartman and Simelane made one scalp apiece.
Opting to bat first, South Africa registered a formidable total of 183/9, courtesy of David Miller's swashbuckling half-century, followed by Linde's late fireworks.
