Pakistan vs South Africa Reside Rating, 1st ODI: Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi gained the toss and selected to area first towards South Africa within the opening match of their one-day worldwide sequence on Tuesday.

An under-strength South African aspect, lacking captain Temba Bavuma and 7 of their key white-ball gamers, handed ODI debuts to batters Sinethemba Qeshile and Lhuan-dre Pretorius, together with allrounder Donovan Ferreira.

The guests, nevertheless, have been boosted by the return of opener Quinton de Kock, who just lately got here out of ODI retirement.

For Pakistan, wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan returned to the lineup after being faraway from the ODI captaincy final month. Fakhar Zaman additionally made his comeback after lacking the previous T20I sequence towards South Africa, which Pakistan gained 2-1.

Pakistan opted for a spin-heavy assault that includes Mohammad Nawaz and Abrar Ahmed, with Salman Ali Agha offering a further spin choice.

Faisalabad is internet hosting worldwide cricket for the primary time in 17 years and also will stage the remaining two ODIs on Thursday and Saturday.

Taking part in XIs:

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (w), Salman Agha, Hussain Talat, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi (c), Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (w), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Tony de Zorzi, Matthew Breetzke (c), Sinethemba Qeshile, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Lizaad Williams