Toss South Africa chose to bat vs Pakistan
South Africa won their first toss of this tour of Pakistan across formats and opted to bat first on a used Faisalabad pitch. With the series levelled 1-1, South Africa captain Matthew Breetzke said he preferred having runs on the board in the decider. The pitch is expected to deteriorate as the match goes on.South Africa made two changes. They brought in Lungi Ngidi for George Linde and handed a debut to Rubin Hermann. Hermann was a late replacement for Sinethemba Qeshile, who had a finger sprain.Pakistan also made two changes. They rested Naseem Shah and Mohammad Wasim, and brought in Haris Rauf and Abrar Ahmed. Rauf comes into the team after serving a ban for the first two games.
Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Salman Agha, 6 Hussain Talat, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi (capt), 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Abrar Ahmed
South Africa: 1 Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Tony de Zorzi, 4 Matthew Breetzke (capt), 5 Rubin Hermann, 6 Donovan Ferreira, 7 Corbin Bosch, 8 Bjorn Fortuin, 9 Nqabayomzi Peter, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Nandre Burger
