Left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi grabbed 4 wickets as South Africa bowled out Pakistan for 270 of their World Cup match in Chennai on Friday.
The 33-year-old completed with figures of 4-60 whereas paceman Marco Jansen took 3-43 after Pakistan received the toss and batted, searching for a win to revive their World Cup hopes.
Pakistan have misplaced three of their 5 matches whereas South Africa have 4 wins and one loss.
Center-order batter Saud Shakeel scored a combating run-a-ball 52 and skipper Babar Azam a stable 65-ball 50 whereas Shadab Khan chipped in with an aggressive 36-ball 43.
Pakistan can take coronary heart from the truth that South Africa collapsed to an upset defeat towards the Netherlands whereas chasing 246 in Dharamsala final week.
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Pakistan would have scored fewer runs had Shakeel and Shadab not lifted them with an 84-run stand for the sixth wicket off 71 balls following Azam’s dismissal at 141.
Shadab hit two sixes and three boundaries whereas Shakeel’s second fifty within the match had seven hits to the rope.
It was Jansen who hit Pakistan early with the wickets of openers Abdullah Shafique (9) and Imam-ul-Haq (12) within the first seven overs.
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Azam added 48 runs for the third wicket with Mohammad Rizwan who made 31 with a six and 4 boundaries.
The skipper added one other 43 for the subsequent wicket with Iftikhar Ahmed who scored 21 with a six and a boundary.
Shamsi dismissed Iftikhar caught at long-on and Azam behind the wicket sweeping to derail the innings till Shakeel and Shadab rebuilt.
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Quick bowler Gerald Cotzee broke the stand by dismissing Shadab within the fortieth over whereas Shamsi despatched again Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi (two).
Temporary Scores: Pakistan 270 all out in 46.4 overs (Saud Shakeel 52, Babar Azam 50; Tabraiz Shamsi 4-60)
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