South Africa continued their brilliant run in ICC tournaments as after the final of ICC T20 World Cup this year, they have booked for themselves a spot in the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord's next year.
Arshdeep Singh who starred in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup triumph joins Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza, Pakistan's Babar Azam and Australia's Travis Head as nominees for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year, according to the ICC.
With a dejected look in their eyes, Pakistan walked out of the SuperSport Park in a whirl after going three down on Day 2 of the opening Test against South Africa on Friday.
Former skipper Babar Azam returned to the squad as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the playing XI for the boxing-day Test against South Africa which is set to be played at SuperSport Park in Centurion from Thursday.
Pakistan batter Fakhar Zaman surprised a section of fans after he decided to choose Pakistan batter Babar Azam as a better Test player over Virat Kohli despite statistics favouring the Indian stalwart.
Proteas sunk to a historic low as fine knocks from Saim Ayub, Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan, followed by some disciplined bowling led by spinner Sufiyan Muqeem helped Pakistan hand SA over their first-ever 0-3 series whitewash at home despite a third-successive, fighting fifty by Heinrich K
Ayub was one of the frontline stars for Pakistan with two brilliant centuries, including one in the third ODI as the Asian side completed first-ever clean sweep series win in South Africa after a win in the third and final ODI at Johannesburg on Monday.
The result is surely a confidence booster for Pakistan, coming to Proteas after a historic ODI series win in Australia after two decades. This 0-3 defeat is Proteas' first ODI series clean sweep loss at home.
Right-hand batter Kamran Ghulam and Left-arm seamer Shaheen Afridi's exceptional performances took Pakistan to victory over South Africa by 81 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Newlands on Thursday.
Salman Ali Agha won hearts after sharing his Player of the Match award with young Saim Ayub after Pakistan's narrow 3-wicket triumph in the opening ODI of the three-match series against South Africa.