South Africa vs Pakistan Test Day 2 Highlights

"Catch the highlights of South Africa vs. Pakistan Test Day 2! From Ryan Rickelton's stunning double century to Pakistan's struggle with the bat, explore key moments, scores, and scenarios for Day 3 in this thrilling match."

South Africa vs Pakistan Test Day 2 Highlights 

Pakistan and South Africa’s cricket teams did not play each other often due to the apartheid regime that kept South Africa out of international cricket. Despite this, the confrontations have since become a colorful affair especially after their return to the global circuit.The second Test in the South Africa – Pakistan series of 2024/25 is being played as we write this. The Key Highlights from Day 2 are given below:

· South Africa Dominated: South Africa earned a huge overall score of 615 in the first innings, of which Ryan Rickelton struck a double century, 259. 

· Pakistan Struggled:  Pakistan, was a batter short after Saim Ayub’s which fractured his ankle while fielding on Friday is now 551 runs behind. The Pakistani bowlers failed to put pressure on the South African batsmen and the side was left a long ways behind by the end of the game. 

· Pakistan's Response: It was for Pakistan in the second day’s close at 64/3 as it looked like a herculean task to overcome for the hosts.

South Africa Players Take Early Control, Babar and Rizwan Resist:

Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada got the outside edge of Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel while Marco Jansen clean bowled Kamran Ghulam to be four down in the nine overs. However, Babar Azam, who took the opening role in Ayub absence, was 31 not out, batting off 77 balls with Mohammad Rizwan 9 not out. Rickelton batted for around 10 hours and scores 29 fours and 4 sixes.

Brief Scores: South Africa 615 (Ryan Rickelton 259, Temba Bavuma 106, Kyle Verreynne 100) vs. Pakistan 64/3 (Babar Azam 31*, Kamran Ghulam 12; Kagiso Rabada 2-9, Marco Jansen 1-14) and by 551 runs. 

Possible Scenarios for Day 3:

The possible scenarios for Day 3 of test match are as follows:

South Africa Domination: If the South Africa champion team can easily knock over Pakistan, they could set Pakistan a following on and maybe force them to be bowled out fast within the following morning.

Pakistan Resilience: While Pakistan could bat through the day and contained the deficit, it could still keep the series going.

Weather Interruption: Actually rain could pose a serious problem in the day’s play and end up in a draw which could be very frustrating.