Dwaine Pretorius starred with bowling figures of 5-17 as South Africa cruised to a six-wicket win over Pakistan to level their T20I series at 1-1. The Proteas fell three runs short in the first match on Thursday but comfortably chased down a smaller target of 145 this time around. David Miller (25 not out) and stand-in captain Heinrich Klaasen (17no) ensured South Africa reached their total with 22 balls to spare on Saturday. That came after Reeza Hendricks and Pite van Biljon both scored 42 to set the platform. Pretorius had earlier wreaked havoc as Pakistan struggled to 144-7 despite an innings of 51 from in-form opener Mohammad Rizwan, who scored a century in the opening meeting. The series will be decided in Sunday's third and final game, which will also take place in Lahore. Catch the highlights of the second T20I between Pakistan and South Africa here.
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Teams:
South Africa: Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, Pite van Biljon, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (c & wk), Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Glenton Stuurman (debut), Lutho Sipamla, Tabraiz Shamsi
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Haider Ali, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
