Pakistan victory in this series and match has been predicted, but how much truth is there in that will be known only after playing the match.The competition between them will be quite good and strong which will see the interest and success of one side. South Africa batting first they look very good the way they are playing they can beat Pakistan.But a problem is arising for south Africa is their wickets which have fallen 7 in 15 overs. But their run-making style is going very well, if they play 20 overs like this, the target will be more than 170 for Pakistan which can also defeat. Pakistan should stop make runs so that they get easy target and win the first match otherwise they will lose this first match which will be very bad for win.
If Pakistan won this match, it would be because of their bowlers. Today we saw some great bowling by them. Almost all of the bowlers took wickets. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Abrar Ahmed were the best bowlers who took three wickets each. However, i felt that Abrar Ahmed was a bit expensive in his overs as his economy rate was over 9.
Also a lot was also expected from Haris Rauf but he remained wicketless today. He was the most expensive bowler too but since other bowlers bowled well, his four-over spell didn't cause much damage. He gave 41 runs.
Yesterday the Pakistan have lost an easy game. They were taking wickets after every single minute when they were bowling and as I remember on 100 the South Africa lost almost 5 wickets but at the same time South Africa was playing well in the batting with a good run rate but lost few extra wickets.
However, in the next few hours, today's 2nd game will also start and I am hoping that today Pakistan will make a good start like yesterday but also make a good end. George Linde was the player of the game, he picked 4 wickets and scored 48 runs.