<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Pakistan national team has announced its playing squad against South Africa, for the two-match series Pakistan vs South Africa, which is scheduled to take place today, Thursday, December 26.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pakistan will play South Africa in a two-match Test series starting with the Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday, December 26, followed by the Cape Town Test at Newlands Cricket Ground starting on Friday, January 3.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On their ongoing all-format tour to South Africa, Pakistan lost the first three-match T20I series 2-0 after which they registered a 3-0 win in the ODI series.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Pakistan Test team arrived in South Africa on December 13, to prepare well and acclimatise to the local conditions. The Test team saw the return of speedster Mohammad Abbas, who last played for Pakistan against West Indies in August 2021. He returned to the team with 31 headers in five matches for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy this season.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pakistan have not played South Africa but each other in 12 Test series since 1995, with South Africa winning seven of them, Pakistan winning two, and three of them ending in draws. In the most recent Test series between the two countries, Pakistan beat South Africa 2-0 at home in January–February 2021.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><strong>Pakistan Formation in XI</strong></span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Shan Masoud (Captain)</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Saud Shakil (Vice Captain)</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Amer Jamal</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Babar Azam</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Kamran Ghulam</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Khurram Shahzad</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mohammed Abbas</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mohamed Radwan (week)</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Naseem Shah</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Saim Ayoub</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And Salman Ali Agha</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><strong>Pakistan Test Squad Today</strong></span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Shan Masoud (Captain)</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Saud Shakil (Vice Captain)</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Amer Jamal</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Abdullah Shafiq</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Babar Azam</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Hasib Allah (week)</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Kamran Ghulam</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Khurram Shahzad</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mir Hamza</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mohammed Abbas</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mohamed Radwan (week)</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Naseem Shah, Noman.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Job fasting</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Salman Ali Agha</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><strong>Match schedule</strong></span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> First Test of Pak vs SA from 26th to 30th December</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pak vs SA 2nd Test from 3rd to 7th January</p>