The 36th match of the ongoing eighth edition of ICC T20 World Cup will be played between Pakistan and South Africa in Sydney tomorrow. Having last played against each other in this format over 18 months ago, both the teams will add to their cut-throat T20I rivalry over the years.
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Pakistan, who’ve won four out of their last five T20Is against South Africa, had even won the last match which propelled them to a 3-1 series victory away from home last year.
In addition to a slight edge in head-to-head T20I record against the Proteas, Pakistan will also be taking confidence from the fact that they have never lost a World Cup T20I against them. Readers must note that this Pakistan-South Africa World Cup T20I will be played after a decade.
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Although Pakistan are appearing better than South Africa across departments in terms of past records, current form places the Proteas way ahead of Pakistan. While South Africa are the current table-toppers in Group 2 on the back of being the only team to not lose a Super 12 match as of now, Pakistan are reeling below Bangladesh and Zimbabwe after losing their first two matches of this World Cup.
PAK vs SA T20 head to head records 2022
Total number of matches played: 21
Matches won by PAK: 11
Matches won by SA: 10
Matches played at a neutral venue: 7 (PAK 3, SA 4)
Matches played in ICC T20 World Cup: 3 (PAK 3, SA 0)
PAK average score against SA: 151
SA average score against PAK: 149
Most runs for PAK: 410 (Babar Azam)
Most runs for SA: 277 (David Miller)
Most wickets for PAK: 8 (Mohammad Nawaz)
Most wickets for SA: 12 (Tabraiz Shamsi)
Most catches for PAK: 7 (Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam)
Most catches for SA: 11 (David Miller)
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— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 2, 2022
NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).
