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Patna : South Africa (SA) defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, SA, on April 12, 2021, night as opener Aiden Markram scored 54 in 30 balls hitting 7 fours and 3 sixes while captain Heinrich Klaasen scored an unbeaten 36 in 21 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. Spinner George Linde remained unbeaten on 20 in 10 balls hitting 2 sixes. Set a target of 141 runs, SA scored 141/4 in only 14 overs. George Linde, who also took 3/23), was named Player Of The Match. The two-team are now level 1-1 in the four-match series.
Klaasen and Line added 49 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 5th wicket. Earlier, openers Janneman Malan and Aiden Markram added 44 runs for the first wicket. Malan fell to medium fast medium bowler Hasan Ali for 15 in 10 balls with 2 sixes. Klaasen and Linde hit fast bowler Shaheen Afridi for a six each in 14th over.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, Pakistan had scored 140/9 in 20 overs with captain Babar Azam scoring 50 in 50 balls with 5 fours while Mohammad Hafeez scored 32 runs in 23 balls hitting 6 fours. Spinner George Linde and fast bowler Lizaad Williams took 3 wickets each.