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In today's match of Pakistan vs South Africa team, Pakistan team has given a target of 270 runs in 46.4 overs. Pakistan team has gone all out today for the poor performance of Pakistan team batsmen. Babar Azam has been out for 50 runs in 65 balls. Mohammad Rizwan has been out for 31 runs in 27 balls.  The bowlers of the South Africa team had a really good performance. Tabraiz Shamsi took 4 wickets with 60 runs in 10 overs. Marco Jansen took 3 wickets with 43 runs in 9 overs.
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Too early to say anything. Pakistan got the initial advantage, when they won the toss and then decided to bat first. A lot will depend on how long Babar Azam stays out there. After these two, it is the allrounders and then the bowlers. Both the top-runs corers for Pakistan are out now (Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique). Babar was in poor form until now, and it needs to be seen whether he will be able to rescue Pakistan today. So far both of them are looking somewhat comfortable against the spinners. But what will happen once Jansen and Coetzee are re-introduced?

Pakistan team throughout the tournament failed to attack the opponent and this is exactly happening in today's game also. After 25 overs Pakistan going with 5 run per over. With this scoring rate Pakistan will only be able to give a target of 270 or 300 maximum. Seeing the bowling form of Pakistani bowlers 300 won't be a safe target. Pakistan already lost 4 wickets and there chances of scoring 300 are now very slim.
In starting of this match, Pakistan batting was very low quality and their opener batter did not show great effort in batting and they did not manage big score. Abdullah Shafique got got after making 9 score just only. Imam ul Haq got out at 12 score which was not show good performance. Babar Azam performance was just little bit impressive because he scored 50 score and not complete full century at least complete his half century and his performance better performance then other batters like Muhammad Rizwan. Now they lost all main batters of their team and only 3 batters remain for batting which is all bowler of their squad. At present, Pakistan successfully made 250 score in 43 overs and let's see at the end their batting how much they will give a defending target to South Africa team.

Nawaz play very well and he hit a beautiful boundary in just the previous ball, i know you see later this post that’s why I mentioned the over name 43.9. In this ball, he hit a best, amazing, and amazing boundary. Anyway, Shamsi was very harmful in this match for Pakistan because he took the 3 best and game-changer batsmen of Pakistan, and Pakistan batsmen played very well in this match and they should have because if Pakistan lost this match so maybe Pakistan lost the World Cup. Now, 3 or 4 overs left in the Pakistan innings, so let’s see what happens in these overs.

The total runs that Pakistan finishes will matter the most as their bowlers need some good total to bowl and defend.
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Too early to say anything. Pakistan got the initial advantage, when they won the toss and then decided to bat first. A lot will depend on how long Babar Azam stays out there. After these two, it is the allrounders and then the bowlers. Both the top-runs corers for Pakistan are out now (Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique). Babar was in poor form until now, and it needs to be seen whether he will be able to rescue Pakistan today. So far both of them are looking somewhat comfortable against the spinners. But what will happen once Jansen and Coetzee are re-introduced?

Pakistan team throughout the tournament failed to attack the opponent and this is exactly happening in today's game also. After 25 overs Pakistan going with 5 run per over. With this scoring rate Pakistan will only be able to give a target of 270 or 300 maximum. Seeing the bowling form of Pakistani bowlers 300 won't be a safe target. Pakistan already lost 4 wickets and there chances of scoring 300 are now very slim.
In starting of this match, Pakistan batting was very low quality and their opener batter did not show great effort in batting and they did not manage big score. Abdullah Shafique got got after making 9 score just only. Imam ul Haq got out at 12 score which was not show good performance. Babar Azam performance was just little bit impressive because he scored 50 score and not complete full century at least complete his half century and his performance better performance then other batters like Muhammad Rizwan. Now they lost all main batters of their team and only 3 batters remain for batting which is all bowler of their squad. At present, Pakistan successfully made 250 score in 43 overs and let's see at the end their batting how much they will give a defending target to South Africa team.
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At the moment, Pakistan has collected 134 runs in 26 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. Pakistan must win the next four matches including today's match to qualify for the semi-finals. It is doubtful whether Pakistan will win against South Africa today. If Pakistan loses today against South Africa then Pakistan's dreams of the next round will be shattered. They are under a lot of pressure now with Pakistan losing four wickets. I think it will not be possible for them to overcome this pressure and score 300 runs. Pakistan will not be able to win today's match if South Africa cannot throw a big target of 350+ runs. Do you think Pakistan can beat South Africa and win today?

They have lost one more wicket now. Babar Azam is gone and now both the settled batsmen are back in pavilion. I am not sure for how long these lower order batsmen like Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan can survive out there. I will be really surprised if Pakistan gets to even 250. And nothing less than 300 is going to be enough at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Tabraiz Shamsi is bowling exceptionally well. He has so far picked up two crucial wickets - that of Iftikhar Ahmed and Babar Azam. And he still has 5 overs remaining.
Here we have serious problem with Pakistan every time when fans feel they are set they lost wickets cheaply right now after fall of Babar we have good partnership between Saud and Shakeel and both have 84 runs partnership many fans were feeling good as now they can achieve good target, but suddenly we have two wickets both set batsmen gone, and now we are in deep trouble because anything less than 300 is not going to help Pakistan against South Africa in these conditions.
Again I have to praise South Africa as they are looking completely different side in this event as they are having good work for the big teams even while chasing they fall behind against the Netherlands but still things are under control, and we can watch better end for them in this event.
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South Africa vs Pakistan
The 26th match of the World Cup is South Africa vs Pakistan. South Africa has been performing brilliantly since the beginning of this World Cup. So far South Africa have played 5 matches and won 4 matches, unfortunately lost 1 match against Netherlands. South Africa is at number 2 in the points table. South Africa have played total 5 matches of the World Cup, analyzing the matches shows that they scored 350+ runs in 3 matches and scored 300+ runs in 1 match. If South Africa get a chance to bat first today, they will be able to score a lot of runs.
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan current score is 233 runs in loss of 6 wickets in 41 overs. Soud Shakeel is playing outstanding scored half century 52 runs in 51 balls. Shadab khan is played an important fearless inning of 43 runs in just 36 balls. The partnership between Soud Shakeel and Shadab khan is very important for Pakistan that helped Pakistan to cross 200 plus runs. Babar is also out after score half century 50 runs in 65 balls and ifthkar Ahmad also failed to scored only mange to score 21 runs in 31 balls. If Pakistan will win this match then the target will be more then 300 runs for south Africa.
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At the moment, Pakistan has collected 134 runs in 26 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. Pakistan must win the next four matches including today's match to qualify for the semi-finals. It is doubtful whether Pakistan will win against South Africa today. If Pakistan loses today against South Africa then Pakistan's dreams of the next round will be shattered. They are under a lot of pressure now with Pakistan losing four wickets. I think it will not be possible for them to overcome this pressure and score 300 runs. Pakistan will not be able to win today's match if South Africa cannot throw a big target of 350+ runs. Do you think Pakistan can beat South Africa and win today?

They have lost one more wicket now. Babar Azam is gone and now both the settled batsmen are back in pavilion. I am not sure for how long these lower order batsmen like Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan can survive out there. I will be really surprised if Pakistan gets to even 250. And nothing less than 300 is going to be enough at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Tabraiz Shamsi is bowling exceptionally well. He has so far picked up two crucial wickets - that of Iftikhar Ahmed and Babar Azam. And he still has 5 overs remaining.
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The 26th match of the World Cup is South Africa vs Pakistan. South Africa has been performing brilliantly since the beginning of this World Cup. So far South Africa have played 5 matches and won 4 matches, unfortunately lost 1 match against Netherlands. South Africa is at number 2 in the points table. South Africa have played total 5 matches of the World Cup, analyzing the matches shows that they scored 350+ runs in 3 matches and scored 300+ runs in 1 match. If South Africa get a chance to bat first today, they will be able to score a lot of runs. On the other hand if we look at Pakistan Pakistan has won 2 out of 5 matches so far. Pakistan is 6th in the points table. Pakistan is not in good form at present. According to current statistics, South Africa's batting and bowling lines are stronger than Pakistan's. I think South Africa have more chances to win today's match.
In this match probably Pakistan team will not be able to perform very well against South Africa. The score of the game at the moment looks like Pakistan may score 270 plus runs today. Although still not able to collect very good runs, played 37 overs, collected 199 runs. Maybe if Pakistan could have scored 350 runs against South Africa today they would have been matched. Because South Africa are currently performing best in every match so far they have lost one match and won four matches. And today's match I can say for sure that South Africa will collect maximum runs to win the match against Pakistan. And if Pakistan can bowl well then maybe it will be possible to stop South Africa and if not then Pakistan will have to leave the match against South Africa.
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I don't think that today's match will be competitive. Unfortunately for Pakistan, both the batsmen and bowlers are in great form for South Africa. Despite their pace-heavy bowling attack, South Africa has hardly given any room for their opponents to make runs. Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen are among the top-10 wicket takers so far, with 10 wickets apiece. The absence of Anrich Nortje is not being felt. And among the spinners, Keshav Maharaj have been quite economical and he has picked up wickets at crucial intervals.
Yes I also think that this match will not be competitive. Because Pakistan already lost 2 of their batsman. Which is making a pressure on Pakistan team. Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan is on the pitch at this time and made 45 runs total in 8 overs. Babar Azam is at 11 runs and Muhammad Rizwan made 6 runs. Both are good batsman if they will remain on pitch then we can say that the match will be competitive.

Babar Azam just lost his wicket. When Babar Azam was out , the bowl was LBW and Umpire didn’t give them out but the all players of South Africa’s team had a doubt that they took a review and then the output was not in the favor of Pakistan.

Babar Azam also doesn’t expect that is this out. Tabraiz Shamsi is a dangerous spinner for Pakistan’s batsman because he out Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed and these two are the main batsmen of Pakistan but unfortunately, they both lost their wickets. Shadab Khan and Saud Shakeel were going nervous after the wicket of Babar Azam.
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You are probably right. Pakistan elected to bat after winning the toss. I thought maybe Pakistan's top order would bat responsibly today. But even in today's match Pakistan batsmen could not start well. Pakistan team lost 2 wickets for 38 runs and third wicket for 86 runs. Pakistan team is not playing well. Babar Azam and Iftikhar are batting now. At the end of 20 overs, Pakistan collected 102 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. Pakistan's run rate is good enough but their top order is not playing well. 300 will be much more difficult for Pakistan now. I don't think it is possible for South Africa team to win if they target below 300. Because South African batsmen are in very good form now. They have batted well in every match. Pakistan is likely to lose in today's match as well.

Too early to say anything. Pakistan got the initial advantage, when they won the toss and then decided to bat first. A lot will depend on how long Babar Azam stays out there. After these two, it is the allrounders and then the bowlers. Both the top-runs corers for Pakistan are out now (Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique). Babar was in poor form until now, and it needs to be seen whether he will be able to rescue Pakistan today. So far both of them are looking somewhat comfortable against the spinners. But what will happen once Jansen and Coetzee are re-introduced?
In this world cup South African are completely different side with having impressive work against few teams which can create problems for the like England and Australia and currently Pakistan is also having serious trouble against them for having any good target which is looking not possible after this start. Jansen and Shamsi doing good job and Pakistan's problems are not allowing them to have anything positive from this world cup as with this performance look like today they will be face four lost in a row which could be another setback for them and their no 1 spot in ICC ranking.
Right now as they are losing matches I have feeling after this world cup many things are going to happen with on and off the field issues are waiting for them back at home and too many changes are also going to happen as well because all is not good well right now.
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Too early to say anything. Pakistan got the initial advantage, when they won the toss and then decided to bat first. A lot will depend on how long Babar Azam stays out there. After these two, it is the allrounders and then the bowlers. Both the top-runs corers for Pakistan are out now (Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique). Babar was in poor form until now, and it needs to be seen whether he will be able to rescue Pakistan today. So far both of them are looking somewhat comfortable against the spinners. But what will happen once Jansen and Coetzee are re-introduced?

Pakistan team throughout the tournament failed to attack the opponent and this is exactly happening in today's game also. After 25 overs Pakistan going with 5 run per over. With this scoring rate Pakistan will only be able to give a target of 270 or 300 maximum. Seeing the bowling form of Pakistani bowlers 300 won't be a safe target. Pakistan already lost 4 wickets and there chances of scoring 300 are now very slim.
At the moment, Pakistan has collected 134 runs in 26 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. Pakistan must win the next four matches including today's match to qualify for the semi-finals. It is doubtful whether Pakistan will win against South Africa today. If Pakistan loses today against South Africa then Pakistan's dreams of the next round will be shattered. They are under a lot of pressure now with Pakistan losing four wickets. I think it will not be possible for them to overcome this pressure and score 300 runs. Pakistan will not be able to win today's match if South Africa cannot throw a big target of 350+ runs. Do you think Pakistan can beat South Africa and win today?
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Too early to say anything. Pakistan got the initial advantage, when they won the toss and then decided to bat first. A lot will depend on how long Babar Azam stays out there. After these two, it is the allrounders and then the bowlers. Both the top-runs corers for Pakistan are out now (Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique). Babar was in poor form until now, and it needs to be seen whether he will be able to rescue Pakistan today. So far both of them are looking somewhat comfortable against the spinners. But what will happen once Jansen and Coetzee are re-introduced?

Pakistan team throughout the tournament failed to attack the opponent and this is exactly happening in today's game also. After 25 overs Pakistan going with 5 run per over. With this scoring rate Pakistan will only be able to give a target of 270 or 300 maximum. Seeing the bowling form of Pakistani bowlers 300 won't be a safe target. Pakistan already lost 4 wickets and there chances of scoring 300 are now very slim.
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You are probably right. Pakistan elected to bat after winning the toss. I thought maybe Pakistan's top order would bat responsibly today. But even in today's match Pakistan batsmen could not start well. Pakistan team lost 2 wickets for 38 runs and third wicket for 86 runs. Pakistan team is not playing well. Babar Azam and Iftikhar are batting now. At the end of 20 overs, Pakistan collected 102 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. Pakistan's run rate is good enough but their top order is not playing well. 300 will be much more difficult for Pakistan now. I don't think it is possible for South Africa team to win if they target below 300. Because South African batsmen are in very good form now. They have batted well in every match. Pakistan is likely to lose in today's match as well.

Too early to say anything. Pakistan got the initial advantage, when they won the toss and then decided to bat first. A lot will depend on how long Babar Azam stays out there. After these two, it is the allrounders and then the bowlers. Both the top-runs corers for Pakistan are out now (Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique). Babar was in poor form until now, and it needs to be seen whether he will be able to rescue Pakistan today. So far both of them are looking somewhat comfortable against the spinners. But what will happen once Jansen and Coetzee are re-introduced?
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The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium is not batting friendly. The average score of the first innings of this pitch is 227 runs. However, in the previous match on this pitch, Pakistan team lost to Afghanistan even after giving a target of 283 runs. Opponent of today's match South Africa team is stronger. I would say the outcome of today's match will depend on the performance of the bowlers. Pakistan bowlers could not do well against Afghanistan. If Pakistan's bowlers don't perform well against South Africa as well then Pakistan will definitely lose and lose by a big margin. Pakistani bowlers must do well if they want to win today's match. However, today's match is likely to be competitive.
I don't think that today's match will be competitive. Unfortunately for Pakistan, both the batsmen and bowlers are in great form for South Africa. Despite their pace-heavy bowling attack, South Africa has hardly given any room for their opponents to make runs. Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen are among the top-10 wicket takers so far, with 10 wickets apiece. The absence of Anrich Nortje is not being felt. And among the spinners, Keshav Maharaj have been quite economical and he has picked up wickets at crucial intervals.

You are probably right. Pakistan elected to bat after winning the toss. I thought maybe Pakistan's top order would bat responsibly today. But even in today's match Pakistan batsmen could not start well. Pakistan team lost 2 wickets for 38 runs and third wicket for 86 runs. Pakistan team is not playing well. Babar Azam and Iftikhar are batting now. At the end of 20 overs, Pakistan collected 102 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. Pakistan's run rate is good enough but their top order is not playing well. 300 will be much more difficult for Pakistan now. I don't think it is possible for South Africa team to win if they target below 300. Because South African batsmen are in very good form now. They have batted well in every match. Pakistan is likely to lose in today's match as well.
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I don't think that today's match will be competitive. Unfortunately for Pakistan, both the batsmen and bowlers are in great form for South Africa. Despite their pace-heavy bowling attack, South Africa has hardly given any room for their opponents to make runs. Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen are among the top-10 wicket takers so far, with 10 wickets apiece. The absence of Anrich Nortje is not being felt. And among the spinners, Keshav Maharaj have been quite economical and he has picked up wickets at crucial intervals.
Yes I also think that this match will not be competitive. Because Pakistan already lost 2 of their batsman. Which is making a pressure on Pakistan team. Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan is on the pitch at this time and made 45 runs total in 8 overs. Babar Azam is at 11 runs and Muhammad Rizwan made 6 runs. Both are good batsman if they will remain on pitch then we can say that the match will be competitive.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam duo used to be the safeguard for the Pakistan team. In every match this pair used to perform well, the mistake from them is losing wickets when the team requires their support. Moreover in most matches soon after the loss of the top order wickets remaining players never perform to the expected level and this ends up losing. This is what happened with India and in today's match Pakistan lost early Wicket and once again Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have begun to develop good partnership. Pakistan team is in a must win situation and losing in today's match will end their hope of moving towards the semifinals gets narrowed as they've lost three matches in the last five matches played.
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I don't think that today's match will be competitive. Unfortunately for Pakistan, both the batsmen and bowlers are in great form for South Africa. Despite their pace-heavy bowling attack, South Africa has hardly given any room for their opponents to make runs. Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen are among the top-10 wicket takers so far, with 10 wickets apiece. The absence of Anrich Nortje is not being felt. And among the spinners, Keshav Maharaj have been quite economical and he has picked up wickets at crucial intervals.
Yes I also think that this match will not be competitive. Because Pakistan already lost 2 of their batsman. Which is making a pressure on Pakistan team. Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan is on the pitch at this time and made 45 runs total in 8 overs. Babar Azam is at 11 runs and Muhammad Rizwan made 6 runs. Both are good batsman if they will remain on pitch then we can say that the match will be competitive.
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The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium is not batting friendly. The average score of the first innings of this pitch is 227 runs. However, in the previous match on this pitch, Pakistan team lost to Afghanistan even after giving a target of 283 runs. Opponent of today's match South Africa team is stronger. I would say the outcome of today's match will depend on the performance of the bowlers. Pakistan bowlers could not do well against Afghanistan. If Pakistan's bowlers don't perform well against South Africa as well then Pakistan will definitely lose and lose by a big margin. Pakistani bowlers must do well if they want to win today's match. However, today's match is likely to be competitive.

I don't think that today's match will be competitive. Unfortunately for Pakistan, both the batsmen and bowlers are in great form for South Africa. Despite their pace-heavy bowling attack, South Africa has hardly given any room for their opponents to make runs. Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen are among the top-10 wicket takers so far, with 10 wickets apiece. The absence of Anrich Nortje is not being felt. And among the spinners, Keshav Maharaj have been quite economical and he has picked up wickets at crucial intervals.
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That may be due to the lack of preparations. England warmed up for the world cup with an ODI series against Ireland back home. And one of their world cup warmup matches got washed out. On the other hand, Australia prepared really well and managed an ODI series against India just before the world cup. And the results are out there for everyone to see. Australian batsmen are handling the spinners quite well, and the England batsman are struggling against the spinners. And now the remaining matches doesn't matter because they are already out of contention for the semi-finals.

If England continues performance like that in ODI then they are very likely to find there way as they were in late 90s and early 2000s. They have won only one match so far and that's the reason they are out of this world cup. England before the world cup had won an ODI series against NZ 3-1 and it was expected that they will perform well in this WC.
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In the 26th match of the World Cup, the two biggest teams of the tournament will meet in Chennai today. South Africa managed to secure their position by playing the first five matches but Pakistan could not secure their position at all. South Africa is number two in the points table with four wins after playing five matches and Pakistan is number six in the points table with only two wins after playing the same number of matches. It will be a tough fight between the two teams today. 

After back-to-back defeats, Pakistan will definitely want to bounce back in today's match. If Pakistan can't come back in this match today, they will be far away from the semi-final and if South Africa wins this match today, they will have a big chance of making the semi-final. 

Between Pakistan and South Africa, the team that wins the toss is guaranteed to bat first as it is safe to bat first on the Chennai wicket.

The pitch of MA Chidambaram Stadium is not batting friendly. The average score of the first innings of this pitch is 227 runs. However, in the previous match on this pitch, Pakistan team lost to Afghanistan even after giving a target of 283 runs. Opponent of today's match South Africa team is stronger. I would say the outcome of today's match will depend on the performance of the bowlers. Pakistan bowlers could not do well against Afghanistan. If Pakistan's bowlers don't perform well against South Africa as well then Pakistan will definitely lose and lose by a big margin. Pakistani bowlers must do well if they want to win today's match. However, today's match is likely to be competitive.
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South Africa vs Pakistan
The 26th match of the World Cup is South Africa vs Pakistan. South Africa has been performing brilliantly since the beginning of this World Cup. So far South Africa have played 5 matches and won 4 matches, unfortunately lost 1 match against Netherlands. South Africa is at number 2 in the points table. South Africa have played total 5 matches of the World Cup, analyzing the matches shows that they scored 350+ runs in 3 matches and scored 300+ runs in 1 match. If South Africa get a chance to bat first today, they will be able to score a lot of runs. On the other hand if we look at Pakistan Pakistan has won 2 out of 5 matches so far. Pakistan is 6th in the points table. Pakistan is not in good form at present. According to current statistics, South Africa's batting and bowling lines are stronger than Pakistan's. I think South Africa have more chances to win today's match.
Pakistan vs South Africa Match Today this match is very important for Pakistan. If Pakistan can win this match today, they will take another step towards the semi-finals. So Pakistan team should play today's match with good batting and bowling. If Pakistan go to toss, if they have to bat first, then Pakistan must keep in mind that they have to score above 300. Otherwise, they will not be able to bail out Pakistan with South Africa under three hundred runs. And if they get a chance to field first, Pakistan must try their best to restrict South Africa to 270 runs. If South Africa cannot be restricted to 270 runs then Pakistan cannot win this match today. Because we have seen the previous matches of South Africa they have scored more than 350 runs in every match. So Pakistan will have to try to restrict them to 270 runs. If Pakistan play against South Africa the way they played against Afghanistan, they will surely lose today's match. Pakistan should turn around against South Africa and if they win today's match, their confidence will increase.
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In the 26th match of the World Cup, the two biggest teams of the tournament will meet in Chennai today. South Africa managed to secure their position by playing the first five matches but Pakistan could not secure their position at all. South Africa is number two in the points table with four wins after playing five matches and Pakistan is number six in the points table with only two wins after playing the same number of matches. It will be a tough fight between the two teams today. 

After back-to-back defeats, Pakistan will definitely want to bounce back in today's match. If Pakistan can't come back in this match today, they will be far away from the semi-final and if South Africa wins this match today, they will have a big chance of making the semi-final. 

Between Pakistan and South Africa, the team that wins the toss is guaranteed to bat first as it is safe to bat first on the Chennai wicket.
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