SA vs PAK, ICC World Cup 2019: Sarfaraz wins toss, Pakistan to bat first

Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed won the toss and elected to bat first at the Lord's cricket ground in London

South Africa are locking horns with Pakistan in Match 30 of the ICC World Cup at Lord's cricket ground in London. The match is scheduled to commence at 3 pm (IST). Both the teams are placed in the bottom half of the points table courtesy their dismal run in the tournament so far. While South Africa have been handed heavy defeats at the hands of India, England and Bangladesh; Pakistan have been pretty up and down with their performances. Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan have brought in Haris Sohail and Shaheen Afridi into the playing eleven in today's game against South Africa. Sarfaraz Ahmed: We are going to bat first today. It looks a good wicket, we'll put runs on the board and defend it. We are focussing on this match, hopefully we do well. It's an important game for us. Haris Sohail and Shaheen Afridi are back in the team. Faf du Plessis: There's pressure every game you play, especially in the World Cup. Two teams will try to play their best cricket today, hopefully it'll be exciting. We had an opportunity to launch in the last 10 overs in the last game, but we fell 15 runs short. It's the same team, gives us a good balance. I was going to bowl first anyways, it's a good toss to lose. Here are the teams South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis(c), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir Pakistan (Playing XI): Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed(w/c), Haris Sohail, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir