South Africa win toss, bat against Pakistan

BIRMINGHAM: South Africa has won the toss and elected to bat in the must win match for both teams in the ICC Champions trophy.

There has been one change in Pakistan’s squad as Umar Amin has replaced Asad Shafique.

A loss of either team in Edgbaston would mean being on the brink of extinction. South Africa lost their opening match to India, while Pakistan lost to West Indies.

Pakistan
Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Amin, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal†, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

South Africa
HM Amla, CA Ingram, F du Plessis, AB de Villiers*†, JP Duminy, DA Miller, R McLaren, RJ Peterson, CH Morris, AM Phangiso, LL Tsotsobe