Toss South Africa chose to bat against Pakistan

South Africa have elected to bat first after winning the toss in Durban.

South Africa have a new-look side with none of the players involved in the Test series win over Sri Lanka, which concluded on Monday in Gqeberha, in the mix.

Salman Ali Agha, who captained Pakistan in the recent T20I series in Zimbabwe, dropped to the bench, with Pakistan playing an extended bowling attack featuring Abbas Afridi at No. 7, and two spinners in Sufiyan Muqeem and Abrar Ahmed.

South Africa: Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Mathew Breetzke, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (capt, wk), Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Andile Simelane, Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Ottneil Baartman

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (capt, wk), Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Tayyab Tahir, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed