Colombo: South African captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in first match of Super Eight round of group B.
South Africa have made one change from the team that beat Sri Lanka, the left-armer Robin Peterson replaces Faf du Plessis.
Hafeez said, “he is not fussed to be chasing today.” Pakistan have made a change, replacing left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir with left-arm orthodox spinner Raza Hasan.
Pakistan squad:
Mohammad Hafeez, Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Sami, Nasir Jamshed, Raza Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat.
South Africa squad:
AB de Villiers, HM Amla, F Behardien, J Botha, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, JH Kallis, RE Levi, JA Morkel, M Morkel, JL Ontong, WD Parnell, RJ Peterson, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe.
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