Welcome to our live coverage of the second T20 international between Pakistan and South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday (December 13okebet, 2024). The hosts had relied on David Millerokebet's splendid knock and George Linde's all-round show in the opener to carve out an 11-run win, and will target an encore tonight. (Streaming | More Cricket News)

Heinrich Klaasen's men thus lead the three-match series 1-0 and a victory in the second clash will hand them an unassailable 2-0 lead. Earlier, the Proteas rode Linde's four-wicket haul and 24-ball 48, along with Miller's 40-ball 82 to limit Pakistan to 172 for eight in response to their 184-run target.

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Pakistan win the toss and elect to bat first.

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Usman Khan, Tayyab Tahir, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Matthew Breetzke, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (c & wk), Donovan Ferreeia, George Linde, Dayyaan Galiem (on debut), Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Ottneil Baartman

India had last defeated nemesis Australia way back in the 1972 Munich Olympics before the playing surface shifted to astroturf.

Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (13th, 32nd minutes) netted a brace en route his sixth goal in the Games so far and his 26th of the year, while Abhishek gave India the lead in the 12th minute.

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Tayyab Tahir, Shaheen Afridi, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Salman Agha, Omair Yousuf, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Hasnain

South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Matthew Breetzke, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen(w/c), Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Andile Simelane, Nqabayomzi Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Ottneil Baartman, Dayyaan Galiem, Tabraiz Shamsi, Patrick Kruger, Ryan Rickelton