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South Africa have seven different faces on their side, five needed by players heading to IPL
LaunchSouth Africa Chose to bowl against Pakistan
South Africa have seven different faces on their side – five required by players starting for the IPL, one by injury and one by decision made on form – as they chose to play in the series.
For the hosts, Janneman Malan will team up with Aiden Markram at the top of the order with Kyle Verreynne coming for David Miller at No.5. Jon-Jon Smuts is the other change in the top six after Rassie van der Dussen has been excluded. on the morning of the game with a quad injury. Heinrich Klaasen will keep wickets in the absence of Quinton de Kock.
South Africa’s bowling attack wears a new look in the absence of Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi – all at IPL – with Beuran Hendricks, Daryn Dupavillon and Lutho Sipamla replacing the trio. Keshav Maharaj is in the XI in place of Tabraiz Shamsi, who was left out after two costly performances.
Pakistan has made four changes. Shadab Khan has a toe injury and Usman Qadir makes his ODI debut. In their top six, Pakistan opted for more experience for this match, with Sarfaraz Ahmed replacing Dane Aziz, who made his debut in the first ODI. Mohammed Nawaz has been brought in for Asif Ali while Hasan Ali replaces Mohammad Hasnain.
South Africa: 1 Janneman Malan 2 Aiden Markram 3 Jon-Jon Smuts, 4 Temba Bavuma (capt) 4 5 Kyle Verreynne, 6 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 7 Andile Phehlukwayo 8 Keshav Maharaj, Beuran Hendricks, 9 Daryn Dupavillon 10 Beuran Hendricks 11 Lut
Pakistan : 1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Babar Azam (captain), 4 Mohammad Rizwan, 5 Sarfaraz Ahmed, 6 Mohammed Nawaz, 7 Faheem Ashraf, 8 Hasan Ali, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Uman Qadir, 11 Haris Rauf
Firdose Moonda is ESPNcricinfo’s correspondent in South Africa
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