Pakistan cricket team will meet South Africa in the first One Day International (ODI) today at Bloemfontein. Both the teams are confident for victory in the match. The match will start at 1:00 PM PST and will be aired live on PTV Sports and Ten Sports.
South Africa whitewashed Misbah’s men in three match Test series. Green shirts won the Twenty20 International series as first T20 International was abounded because of rain, Pakistan won the second Twenty20 International by 95 runs.
If South Africa can whitewash Pakistan in ODI series it will rise to top on the ODI rankings from number four. Pakistan is placed at number six. South Africa has achieved 12 whitewashes in till now whereas Pakistan have achieved the most ODI series whitewashes i.e. 17.
Pakistan: (probable) Nasir Jamshed, Mohammed Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wicket keeper), Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal Junaid Khan, Mohammed Irfan
South Africa: (probable) Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers (captain & wicket keeper), Faf du Plessis, Farhaan Behardien/David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Robin Peterson, Rory Kleinveldt, Kyle Abbott, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Update: South Africa won by 125 runs