Overview
- Pakistan beat South Africa by four wickets in Lahore to clinch the three-match T20I series 2–1, chasing 140 with six balls to spare.
- Babar Azam struck 68 off 47 balls in the finale, sharing a 76-run stand with captain Salman Agha after early wickets tested the chase.
- Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3 for 26 and debutant off-spinner Usman Tariq claimed 2 for 26 as South Africa were limited to 139 for 9.
- In the second T20I, Babar surpassed Rohit Sharma to become men’s T20I all-time leading run-scorer, reaching 4,234 in 130 matches with an unbeaten 11 that included the record-setting single off Donovan Ferreira.
- Pakistan had leveled the series with a nine-wicket win in the second game, built on Saim Ayub’s 71* and a bowling display led by Salman Mirza and Faheem Ashraf sharing seven wickets; the ODI series starts Tuesday in Faisalabad.