Pakistan wins toss and bat in second ODI

Pakistan captain, Shaheen Afridi, won the toss and chose to bat first in the second one-day international against South Africa at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Thursday.

South Africa made two changes from the XI which lost the opening game of the series by two-wickets with two balls remaining at the same venue on Tuesday. Legspinner Nqaba Peter and left arm fast bowler, Nandre Burger, come into the team at the expense of Lizaad Williams and Lungi Ngidi.

Pakistan, who have won the last five ODIs between the teams, have also made two changes with allrounder Faheem Ashraf and fast bowler Mohammad Wasim junior making the starting XI.

PAKISTAN: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (wkt), Salman Agha, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi (captain), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah.

SOUTH AFRICA: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Tony de Zorzi, Matthew Breetzke (captain), Sinethemba Qeshile, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Bjorn Fortuin, Nqabayomzi Peter, Nandre Burger.