After Almost 14 Years South African Flag Will be Flying At NSK


It May be Usual For Any other Country but it means a lot for Pakistan Who Waited a Long Period to See this happening And Now it seems that Cricket is fully returned to Peace Loving Fans of Peaceful Pakistan.

Faf du plessis Former Captain of South Africa While Speaking in a Virtual Press Conference Said
“I think as any nation they are very proud of their sporting team. But it’s really when you tour the subcontinent you understand that better than anyone else that – when you go to India or Pakistan, even Bangladesh – subcontinent teams love their cricket. They are really passionate about going to every match, supporting as well as they can, singing, chanting, they have the energy the whole day. For Pakistan to have that back, it’s going to be a lot of joy for the people to see cricket live again,”

“He Further Added that
It’s important for Pakistan to play in home conditions. They’ve been playing in Dubai for the last 13-14 years. So their fans have never seen them play. That’s almost like a generation that’s missed seeing them in action. Obviously, security needed a bit of an upgrade, which where we are now today, we as players feel safe. But not the challenge of being back here in the context of COVID, the fans still can’t see live cricket. So it’s a bit of a bummer”

Pakistan will start their home season against a team that has been a tough opponent for Pakistan in Test cricket.Pakistan has played ten Test matches against South Africa since 2010, of which only two wins were destined for Pakistan. But this time the series is quite competitive, South Africa to play on Pakistani soil after 14 years.South Africa recently won the series against Sri Lanka by a margin of two zeros,While Pakistan lost to New Zealand by the same margin But this time, after the return of Babar Azam, Pakistan seems to be quite committed.

What They Said :

Quinton de cock “I’ve played on Asian pitches in the past where they’ve targeted teams & prepared dust bowls & made it an uneven contest. But it is what it is, I’ve scored runs when the wickets are decent too, so I’ll come out and look to score some runs here too”

On return of Pakistan Captain Babar Azam South African Captain Added “With the return of their main player Babar Azam, it will be a different Pakistan team that played in New Zealand. They will be a very competitive side now they are back in their home conditions”

Babar Azam “I Want Pakistan to Play Aggressive Cricket Even If We Loss two or three quick wickets, our run rate usually drop-down when we loss quick wickets. That’s Where i want to Change the Mindset of Our Team”

Players to Watch

PAKISTAN

Babar Azam missed New Zealand Tour due to injured thumb

Babar Azam: He Will Play a Big Role For Pakistan, he has 3 hundreds to his name in his last four outings at home.

Muhammad Rizwan: He is a Dangerous Player and can score quickly. He has 5 Consecutive Fiftes to his name in overseas.

Hassan Ali Scored a Quick Hundred in QeA Trophy

Hassan Ali: He has been in great form. He took 29 wickets in QeA Trophy And Scored a Quick hundred as well.

Shaheen Afridi And Yasir Shah are also some big names to Watch.

South Africa

Faf du plessis: He Has been in Great form And Has a some big score to his in his last outings for South Africa

Quinton de cock :He Has Average of 49 Against PAKISTAN And his Highest test score also came against Pakistan,So he will play a big role in south africa win

Kagiso Rabada And Nortje : Both Are in Great Form And Former is best performar for his team in Asia

Credit The Nation : Dean Algar Was Named Man of the Series Against Sri Lanka

Dean Algar: He can Score Quickly And was in great form against Sri Lanka. He Was Named Man of the Series Against Sri Lanka

Shamsi

: Shamsi Could be Handy Against Babar Azam And Muhammad Rizwan. as they Both struggled against leg spin in recent times.

Likely Playing XI

Nouman Ali And Imran butt are likely to get Test Caps And Abid Ali will open the innings with Imran while former captain Azhar Ali will bat at his usual number three spot. Pakistan XI for first Test:

Abid Ali, Imran Butt, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Hassan Ali, Nauman Ali, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Afridi.

South Africa : Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Temba Bavuma, Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabad

Head to Head : MP :26 PAK :4 SA :15 Draw :7

When And Where: Tuesday,26 January, 10 AM PST