Second Test:  South Africa scored 316 runs for 4 wickets

Second Test: Ryan Rickleton and Temba Bavuma hit centuries on the first day

, South Africa scored 316 runs for 4 wickets

(Asghar Ali Mubarak)

South Africa scored 316 runs for 4 wickets against Pakistan at the end of the first day of the second Test match thanks to the brilliant centuries of Ryan Rickleton and Temba Bavuma.

In the second Test match being played in Cape Town, South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. The first wicket of the host team fell for 61 runs. South African opener Aiden Markram was caught by wicketkeeper Rizwan off the ball of Khurram Shahzad after scoring 17 runs.

Wien Mulder, who came in third, also scored 5 runs and was caught by Rizwan off the ball of Mohammad Abbas for a total score of 70, while Tristan Stubbs, who came in third, was caught by Rizwan off the ball of Agha Salman and returned to the pavilion without opening his account.

After that Proteas captain Temba Bavuma and Ryan Rickleton put on a 235-run partnership for the fourth wicket and put the team in a stable position.

Temba Bavuma was dismissed for 106 runs while Ryan Rickleton was unbeaten on 176 runs. Agha Salman dismissed two players for the national team.

In the opening overs of the match, Pakistani batsman Saim Ayub was injured when his foot twisted near the boundary line while fielding.

He was taken to the hospital for an X-ray due to severe pain. Earlier, Pakistan made one change in the playing XI for the second Test against South Africa, replacing Naseem Shah with fast bowler Mir Hamza.

Pakistan’s playing XI for the second Test against South Africa consists of captain Shan Masood, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Mughal, Muhammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Mir Hamza, Khurram Shahzad and Muhammad Abbas. It should be noted that South Africa has a one-nil lead in the Test series.

After suffering a whitewash at home in the ODI series, South Africa qualified for the final of the World Test Championship by defeating Pakistan by 2 wickets in an exciting first Test.