Heinrich Klaasen's stormy batting went in vain, Pakistan defeated South Africa in the ODI series.

Cricket News Desk. Pakistan has also defeated South Africa in the second match of the ODI series. With this, Pakistani team has captured the 3-match series 2-0. Batting first, Pakistan scored 329 runs. In reply, Heinrich Klaasen batted explosively for South Africa. Even after this, the team's innings was reduced to 248 runs in the 44th over. Pakistan won by a huge margin of 81 runs at Newlands.

Three Pakistani batsmen scored half-centuries
Pakistan suffered a big blow in the very first over in the form of Abdullah Shafiq. He could not even open an account. But after this Babar Azam remained at the crease. He added 48 runs for the second wicket with Sam Ayub (25). There was a partnership of 115 runs between captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar. Both batsmen completed half-centuries but missed a century. Babar was out after scoring 73 runs on 95 balls while Rizwan was out after scoring 80 runs on 82 balls.

Kamran Ghulam, who came to the crease at number six, started the innings with a stormy batting. Ghulam completed his half-century in just 25 balls. He played an inning of 63 runs in 32 balls with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes. Pakistani team was all out in the last over. Kwena Mafaka took 4 wickets while Marco Jensen took three wickets.

South African batsmen did not play
All the South African batsmen made good starts but apart from Heinrich Klaasen, no one could play a big innings. Captain Bavuma was out after scoring 12 runs and Tony Di Georgi was out after scoring 34 runs. Rassie van der Dussen scored 23 and Aiden Markram scored 21 runs. Klaasen hit 8 fours and 4 sixes in 74 balls. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi took four wickets and Naseem Shah took three wickets.