Rahul Tiwari
khelja|07-01-2025
The second match of the two-match Test series between South Africa and Pakistan was played at Newlands, Cape Town. After winning by two wickets in the first Test match played at SuperSport Park in Centurion, South Africa won this match also. With this, Pakistan's victory in the 2-match Test series was cleared. Pakistan had a very bad start in this match, but an amazing performance was seen from the batsmen in the second innings. However, this was not enough for Pakistan's victory.
In this match, the South African team won the toss and decided to bat first. His decision also proved correct. South Africa scored 615 runs in the first innings of this match on the basis of Ryan Rickelton's double century and Temba Bavuma-Kyle Warren's century innings. In response, Pakistan's first innings was very poor. In the first innings, his team was reduced to 194 runs in front of the lethal bowling of South Africa. Pakistan had to score 416 runs in the first innings to save the follow-on, but they fell far short. In such a situation he was forced to play follow on.
After being bundled out for 194 runs in the first innings, Pakistan's batsmen played well in the second innings. Captain Shan Masood played an inning of 145 runs. Babar Azam also contributed 81 runs. At the same time, due to Salman Agha's 48 runs, Pakistan team managed to score 478 runs. This was Pakistan's biggest score after follow-on. At the same time, for the first time in any Test innings against South Africa, Pakistan scored such a big score. But she could only set a target of 58 runs to win.
South Africa achieved this target easily and won by 10 wickets. At the same time, won the series 2-0. Let us tell you, this time South Africa is going to play the final match of the World Test Championship. In such a situation, this victory will help in boosting the morale of South African players. In the final, South Africa will face Australia, who is also the defending champion.