South Africa vs Pakistan 3rd T20 Prediction

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Shoaib Malik will continue to lead Pakistan in the absence of regular skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed who has returned home following his four-match suspension imposed by the ICC. The visitors made just one change in their line-up for the previous game, bringing left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi in place of Faheem Ashraf who was very expensive in the first T20I. Afridi had a good outing with the ball last time and he will probably be retained.

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Babar Azam, Hussain Talat and Shoaib Malik have all had good hits in the series, and with Fakhar Zaman struggling to find form, Pakistan will need at least two of them to play the big innings on Wednesday. Malik scored 49 at Cape Town while Babar and Talat struck half-centuries at Johannesburg. Babar blitzed a 58-ball 90 last time and the team will want him to repeat his heroics at Centurion. Among the bowlers, Usman Shinwari, Imad Wasim and Hasan Ali seem to be the main threats for the South African batsmen. Imad has been very economical in both the matches and he will look to create pressure on the Proteas from one end. Shinwari, who took a three-wicket haul in the first game, went for plenty in the second but the pacer is expected to bounce back with a good bowling performance.

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Pakistan's winning streak of 11 T20 international series came to an end when they were pipped by South Africa in the second match of the ongoing series. This is just their fourth loss in the last 21 T20Is they have played since last year. Though their batting has clicked in this series, the visitors will not be pleased with their bowling effort as they have allowed the hosts to rack up huge totals on both occasions.