1st T20: Pakistan win toss, bat first against South Africa
Pakistan bring all-rounders Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq back in the team.
DUBAI (AFP) - Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and elected to bat in the first Twenty20 international against South Africa in Dubai on Wednesday.
Pakistan brought back all-rounders Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq in their team. Razzaq last played for Pakistan in the World Twenty20 in October 2012 in Sri Lanka.
For South Africa, who won the preceding one-day series 4-1, paceman Dale Steyn returned for his first Twenty20 in 11 months.
Teams:
South Africa: Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Qunton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Irfan, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal.
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Shozab Raza (PAK)
TV umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
