The Pakistan team is currently on tour of South Africa and participating in an ODI series. The tour started with a T20I series, which South Africa won 2-0. Since then, the Pakistan team made a magnificent comeback and won the ODI series championship. Pakistan won the first two games of the three-match series to lead 2-0. As the series fell away, South Africa’s troubles grew. Before the third ODI match, Africa’s second bowler was out. Earlier, it was reported that spinner Keshav Maharaj will miss the third match and now South Africa fast bowler Otneil Bartman has also been ruled out Outside the third ODI at Johannesburg Wanderers on December 22.
First game suffered a setback with 2 wickets
Batman, who took two wickets in the first ODI against Pakistan, injured his right knee. The 31-year-old Bartman felt some discomfort during the run-up during the warm-up for the second game and was not included in the 11-man roster. All-rounder Corbin Bose got a chance to replace him. Fast bowler Ottneil Bartman will now return home and undergo further tests. The news of Bartman being ruled out of the third ODI comes a day after left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj was ruled out of the ODI series due to left abductor strain published. In this context, the big problems facing South Africa become even more serious.
Pakistan has a chance to sweep away rivals
Bartman’s next big assignment will be competing in the SAT20 competition for two-time champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape. In the second ODI match in Cape Town on December 19, Pakistan registered a brilliant win to take an undisputed 2-0 lead in the ODI series. Two days earlier, Pakistan defeated hosts South Africa in Paarl to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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