Pakistan v South Africa T20s: Things to watch
When these two sides last met in February 2019, Pakistansat atop the ICC T20 rankings and were undefeated in 11 series. After winning the series 2-1, South Africa leapfrogged Australia and England to climb up to third, six points behind India and 17 behind their vanquished opponents. Fast forward to February 2021 and the situation for both sides couldn’t be more different. Pakistan’s shock defeat in South Africa was expected to be a mere bump in the road. However, since then, they have won just two T20 series from a possible seven (defeating Bangladesh and Zimbabwe) and tumbled down the...