Overview
- Sent in to bat, South Africa posted 194/9 as Reeza Hendricks top-scored with 60 off 40, with Tony de Zorzi adding 33 and George Linde 36.
- Pakistan were dismissed for 139 in 18.1 overs, undone by Corbin Bosch’s career-best 4/14 and Linde’s 3/31, with Lizaad Williams and Lungi Ngidi sharing three more.
- Babar Azam’s T20I return after roughly ten months ended in a two-ball duck, heightening scrutiny of Pakistan’s batting balance.
- Linde was named player of the match for his 36 with the bat plus three wickets that dented Pakistan’s chase.
- The series moves to Lahore on Friday with South Africa 1–0 up, in a fixture staged under the PCB’s Pinktober campaign featuring pink kits and ribbons.