Overview
- South Africa reached 9 without loss at lunch in reply after dismissing Pakistan early on Day 2 in Rawalpindi.
- Keshav Maharaj finished with 7 for 102, his 12th Test five-wicket haul, breaking a 22-year mark for best figures in Pakistan–South Africa Tests played in Pakistan.
- Pakistan lost their last five wickets for 17 runs after Saud Shakeel made 66 and Salman Ali Agha 45 in a 70-run stand.
- Day 1 was shaped by a 111-run partnership between Shan Masood (87) and Abdullah Shafique (57) that benefited from five South African drops.
- Babar Azam fell for 16 to extend a run of 29 Test innings without a century.