SA vs PAK: South Africa announced playing eleven for the second test, 18 year old player got a chance to debut
South Africa: Announced playing 11 for the second test against Pakistan.
SA vs PAK 2nd Test: South Africa had secured its place for the final of the World Test Championship 2023-25 by winning the first match of the 2-match Test series played against Pakistan in Centurion by 2 wickets, whereas now this series For the second match which will be played on the grounds of Cape Town from January 3, they have announced their playing 11 a day before the match, in which three major changes have also been seen. While Keshav Maharaj and Wiaan Mulder have returned to the playing 11 for the Cape Town Test match, 18-year-old left arm fast bowler Quen Mafaka will get a chance to debut in the Test.
Corbin Bosch was dropped despite good performance
In the first match of this series played in Centurion, the most important contribution to the victory of the South African team was made by Corbin Bosch, who showed excellent performance with both ball and bat in his debut test match. Corbyn has not got a place in the playing 11 of the African team announced for Cape Town, which is also considered a shocking decision. Apart from this, opening batsman Tony DeGeorge will not play in this match due to being unfit, while it has been decided to drop Dan Patterson as well. Apart from this, the South African team has not made any other changes in its playing 11.
Quen Mafaka has a great opportunity to prove himself.
18-year-old left-arm fast bowler Quen Mafaka has played both T20 and ODI formats for the South African team so far and now he is getting a chance to debut in Tests as well. If we look at Quen’s record in first class cricket, he has played three matches in which he has managed to take 13 wickets in 6 innings. Apart from this, Quen has taken five and three wickets in 2 ODI and 5 T20 matches. In this match, Keshav Maharaj will have a chance to achieve a big feat in which if he is successful in taking 7 wickets in the Cape Town Test, then he will become the first spinner for South Africa to take 200 wickets in Test cricket.
South Africa team for Cape Town test match:
Aiden McCrum, Wiaan Mulder, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verrey (wk), Marco Janson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Mfaka.
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