South Africa announces 21-man Test squad for Pakistan tour

South Africa team is all set to travel the Pakistan nation for a two-match Test, and 3-match T20I series that will commence on January 26, and the last match of the series will be played on February 14. All five events will take place across different venues, and in the same light, the South African team has announced its squad that would face Pakistan in the longest format of the game.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock will take the charge of Proteas team in whites, wherein the first match would be played on January 26 at Karachi. The second Test will see the light of the day in Rawalpindi, which would be played from February. All the three T20Is will get staged in Lahore on February 11, 13, and 14, respectively.

South Africa Test squad for Pakistan

🇿🇦 South Africa Test squad for Pakistan series ⬇️

De Kock (c), Bavuma, Markram, Du Plessis, Elgar, Rabada, Pretorius, Maharaj, Ngidi, Van der Dussen, Nortje, Mulder, Sipamla, Hendricks, Verreynne, Erwee, Petersen, Shamsi, Linde, Dupavillon, Baartman.#PAKvSA

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The 21 man Test squad of South Africa looks like – Quinton De Kock (c), Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Faf Du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Kagiso Rabada, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Rassie Van der Dussen, Anrich Nortje, Wiaan Mulder, Lutho Sipamla, Hendricks, Kyle Verreynne, Sarel Erwee, Alviro Petersen, Tabraiz Shamsi, George Linde, Daryn Dupavillon, Sarah Baartman.

Pakistan would be keen to host South Africa on their soil as their higher officials stated earlier that they look forward to teams playing in their nation. It would be a great boost for fans there and let Pakistan cricket grow in times to come. Before hosting South Africa, men in green were up against New Zealand on their soil.

Both the nation locked horns in T20I and Test series where Pakistan had to face huge defeat against Kiwis. After losing the T20I series, some respectable performance was expected from Pakistan in the purest format, but they went on to put on a dismal show. After defeating them with a huge margin, Kiwis sealed the top slot in the ICC Test rankings. A lot of big names from the Pakistan cricket fraternity slammed the team for their poor show outside.
Now, it will be a thing to watch as to how they play against the Proteas team.