Overview
- South Africa posted 194/9 after being sent in, then bowled Pakistan out for 139 to go 1–0 up in Rawalpindi.
- Reeza Hendricks top-scored with 60, with brisk support from debutant Tony de Zorzi (33) and George Linde (36).
- Corbin Bosch delivered career-best figures of 4-14 and Linde added 3-31 as Pakistan’s chase unraveled.
- Babar Azam, recalled after about ten months out of T20Is, fell for a two-ball duck and drew heavy online criticism following a fielding drop.
- The match was staged under the PCB’s Pinktober breast-cancer awareness campaign, with the series shifting to Lahore on Friday and Saturday before ODIs in Faisalabad from Nov. 4–8.