South Africa vs Pakistan 4th ODI Prediction

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Pakistan have looked at different options so far in this series. Shaheen Afridi has played the last two games, while Mohammad Amir returned last time out, as did Imad Wasim - the latter having played the first game. Hussain Talat made his ODI debut in the second match, while Usman Shinwari is also pushing for a return and Mohammad Rizwan is so far unused in this series.

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Imam-ul-Haq scored two half-centuries in the Asia Cup and he has hit scores of 86 and 101 in two of the matches in this series too to continue his fine ODI form. Fakhar Zaman was also in good form coming into this series, after scoring 88 and 65 against New Zealand.

Babar Azam was in the same boat and he has continued his form in South Africa. He scored 46 and 92 in the final two games in New Zealand and followed that with 49 in the first game of this series and 69 last time out to keep his ODI average above 50. Mohammad Hafeez also chipped in with a half-century last time out.

With the ball, Shaheen Afridi took 3-44 in the second ODI after nine wickets in the series against New Zealand too. Mohammad Amir will be looking to share the new ball with him and will want to get back among the wickets - he took 12 in the test series.

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Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy in England in 2017 but have not kicked on fully. They beat Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe 5-0 in two of their next three series, but lost 5-0 to New Zealand in between.

They reached the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup but lost to Bangladesh in the final game to miss out on a place in the final, before a tied series with New Zealand/ They lost the first match by 47 runs as they were bowled out for 219, but bounced back to chase 210 to win the second game - Fakhar Zaman scoring 88 and Babar Azam 46. In the final game, Babar Azam posted 92 and Zaman 65 only for the rain to prevent a result.

So far in South Africa, Imam-ul-Haq has been their top batsman with scores of 86 and 101 in the first and third ODI respectively. The first helped Pakistan to a five-wicket win chasing 267 for victory, but the latter proved in vain as South African won on the D/L method in a rain-shortened game. In between, Pakistan were all out for 203 in a five-wicket defeat.