Pakistan vs South Africa Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: The weather conditions in Chennai are expected to be hot and humid, which could make it difficult for the bowlers. There is also a chance of rain playing spoilsport.
Pakistan vs South Africa World Cup 2023 Live Score: South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took 4 wickets while Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan played a crucial partnership to help Pakistan post 270 against the Proteas on Friday.
Earlier, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in their must-win World Cup clash. Pakistan, who are coming off defeats in their last three games, need to win all their remaining fixtures and also hope for favourable results in order to remain in the semifinal race.
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Pakistan made a couple of changes with Waseem Jr and Mohammad Nawaz replacing Hasan Ali and Usama Mir. Skipper Temba Bavuma is back for South Africa after missing a couple of games while Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi have also been included in the playing XI. Pace spearhead Kagiso Rabadawho has been ruled out as a precautionary measure due to a lower back spasm, Reeza Hendricks and Lizaad Williams miss out.
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ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023 – Match 26
Pakistan
270 (46.4)
vs
South Africa
66/1 (9.2)
Bowling
Haris Rauf0/9 (1)
Mohammad Wasim *0/0 (0.2)
Batting
Temba They agreed28 (26)
Rassie van der Dussen *8 (16)
Play In Progress ( Day – Match 26 )
South Africa need 205 runs in 244 balls at 5.04 rpo
Quinton de Kock: A divisive figure, a genius and South Africa’s batting atlas at the World Cup
Paddy Upton, the South African mind master who has untangled the complex worlds inside cricket and hockey dressing rooms, described it the best without having to use his own words.
Explaining the underrated genius of Quinton de Kock, the sports psychologist who has been a part of Gary Kirsten’s coaching staff with South Africa and India, dipped into a brief conversation he had with Rahul Dravid.
It was the summer of 2016 and Upton had just taken over from Kirsten as the coach of Delhi Daredevils in the IPL. He was overseeing de Kock’s nets session when Dravid, the team’s mentor, walked up to him. “Rahul said to me that what we were witnessing was the act of a genius. He said that we, as South Africans, did not appreciate just how good this guy was,” Upton told The Cricket Monthly in an interview. “I had goosebumps when Rahul told me this. It was an incredible moment.” (READ MORE)
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First published on: 27-10-2023 at 12:16 IST
