Pakistan vs South Africa highlights, Cricket World Cup 2023: South Africa survived a late comeback attempt from Pakistan to secure a thrilling one-wicket victory in Chennai, moving to the top of the table. Aiden Markram was the star of the night, scoring 91 runs, but his dismissal opened the door for Pakistan to mount a comeback. Markram was dismissed in the 41st over with South Africa still needing 21 runs to win and three wickets remaining. Over the next six overs, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf, along with Mohammad Wasim Jr., maintained pressure on South Africa’s tailenders, with the former two taking a wicket each. However, with Wasim Jr. bowling his final over in the 47th over and Shaheen and Haris already finishing their spells, Keshav Maharaj had a chance to go for big shots and sealed the game with a four against Mohammad Nawaz in the 48th over

Earlier, Babar won the toss and chose to bat first at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Marco Jansen stifled the batters for runs early on and dismissed both of Pakistan’s openers. Babar and Mohammad Rizwan were then putting together a dangerous-looking partnership when Gerald Coetzee dismissed the latter in the 16th over. Pakistan then lost Iftikhar Ahmed as well and finally Babar fell while trying to almost scoop Shamsi just when he had got to 50. However, Shadab Khan and Saud Shakeel have since given Pakistan some momentum with a counter-attacking partnership. The pair put up 84 runs in 71 balls before Shadab fell on 43 off 36 while Shakeel went on to score a half century. Shakeel eventually fell on 52 off as many balls. Pakistan were eventually all out for 270.