Delhi: The second Test match between South Africa and Pakistan will start from Friday, i.e. 3 January 2025, at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town at 2 pm. After securing a place in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final, the host team aims to register a 2-0 series win against Pakistan.
In the first Test match played in Centurion, South Africa won by two wickets in a thrilling match. Chasing the target of 148 runs, the South African team lost 8 wickets for 99 runs, but the unbeaten 51* partnership of Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada led the team to victory.
Cape Town Newlands pitch report
The Newlands pitch is one of the few grounds in South Africa that helps spinners. So far 60 Tests have been played on this ground, in which the team batting first has won 23 matches and the team chasing the target has won 26 matches. The average score of the first innings here is 342 runs. The last Test match was played between India and South Africa in January 2024.
South Africa vs Pakistan Test: Head to Head Records
Total matches: 29, Draw: 7
South Africa: 16 wins
Pakistan: 6 wins
Probable playing eleven of both the teams –
South Africa: Tony De Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton/Senuram Muthusamy, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Pietersen.
Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha, Aamir Jamal, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas.