WATCH: Pakan fielders celebrate wildly in front of Temba Bavuma after his dismissal | Cricket News
The Pakan vs South Africa ODI match witnessed a rather uncomfortable moment when the Men in Green players celebrated a little too wildly in front of Proteas captain Temba Bavuma after he was dismissed for 82 runs. It happened in the 29th over of the South African innings when Bavuma had a mix-up with Matthew Breetzke in the middle and was run out off a direct throw from Saud Shakeel.
Bavuma was walking back but he had to stop when Kamran Ghulam ran right in front of him to celebrate and was joined Shakeel and Agha Salman. The players would ultimately move out of the way and Bavuma would make his way back but the umpires took a note of the wild celebrations and had a lengthy chat with Pakan captain Mohammad Rizwan.
Speaking about the match, Breetzke and Heinrich Klaasen scored 83 and 87 respectively as South Africa posted 352/5 against the hosts at Karachi. Shaheen Shah Afridi was the pick of the bowlers, snapping up 2 wickets.
Direct hit and there’s the breakthrough! ⚡
Temba Bavuma has to depart for 82 🏏#3Nations1Trophy | #PAKvSA pic.twitter.com/7IQ0Bg4yyI
— Pakan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 12, 2025
Earlier, South Africa won the toss and elected to bat against Pakan in a must-win tri-nation series game for both teams at an upgraded National Bank Stadium.
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New Zealand has already qualified for Friday’s final after beating Pakan and South Africa at Lahore. Karachi is among three venues along with Lahore and Rawalpindi which is being upgraded the Pakan Cricket Board for the Champions Trophy starting next week.
South Africa is bolstered with the arrival of opening batter Toni de Zorzi, wicketkeeper-batter Klaasen, left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj and fast bowler Corbin Bosch, who all missed the six-wicket loss to New Zealand at Lahore.
Half of South Africa’s Champions Trophy squad, including Ryan Rickelton, Tran Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada, will arrive over the weekend, a day after the tri-nation series final.
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