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South Africa skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the 1st ODI of three-match series at the Boland Park, Paarl on Tuesday, December 17. ( Match Blog | Cricket News ) Check the Playing XIs : South Africa (Playing XI): Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Ottneil Baartman, Tabraiz Shamsi Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Agha, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed. Speaking at the toss, Markram said, "We are going to bat first.
Looks a pretty good wicket and a typical Paarl wicket. Most of the game will be played under lights and the ball will come on nicely. We have to keep adapting as batters.
We don't have too many ODIs before the Champions Trophy, it is nice to build up and show in this series. We have two spinners - Keshav and Shamsi, three seamers." Mohammad Rizwan said, "We wanted to bat first as well.
Yes we are hosting the Champions Trophy but the conditions will be different but the squad will remain 70% the same. The guys are looking forward to the series. We have three seamers and one spinner.
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