Pakistan would look to bounce back after a disappointing loss in the first of three T20Is against South Africa when they take the field in the next game to have a chance of winning it.
The home team has won two out of the three games they have played against South Africa at this particular venue, while the Proteas have got the better of Pakistan on one occasion.
The team management and the captain will have to decide if they would want to make any changes to the team for the upcoming game, which seems highly unlikely, given that the series is just one match old.
Pakistan, in all likelihood, will open the batting with Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub and would back the pair to get the team off to a good start.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Babar Azam, Salman Agha (c), Usman Khan (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf,
The opening pair will be followed by a middle order that failed miserably while chasing a target of 195 runs in the first T20I.
This middle order of the home team will have to take responsibility and come good in the next game for the team to have any chance of putting on a fight with the bat.
As far as the bowling lineup is concerned, it was the fast bowlers who leaked runs at the start and at the backend of the innings, with experienced fast bowler Shaheen Afridi going for plenty in the 17th over, which changed the momentum.
Afridi's bowling partner Nasem Shah made a good comeback in his third over after being expensive in his first couple of overs, which played a vital role in restricting South Africa to a score of less than 200 runs.
Amidst the carnage in the first six overs, the spinners did their job by pulling things back in the middle phase of the innings, with Mohammad Nawaz being the pick of the bowlers along with Saim Ayub, and they would look to keep up the good work.
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