Babar Azam da Shan Masood sun yi nasarar kafa haɗin gwiwa mai ƙarfi na 205 a ranar uku ta gwajin biyu da Afirka ta Kudu a Cape Town. Pakistan ta fara ranar a kan 64-3, inda ta rasa maki 314 a gaban Afirka ta Kudu, kafin ta fara wasan biyu bayan da aka tilasta mata biya.
Azam ya ci maki 58 kafin Kwena Maphaka ya kama shi, yana kawo ƙarshen haɗin gwiwarsa na 98 tare da Mohammad Rizwan. Bayan haka, Pakistan ta rasa wasu maki 76, inda Kagiso Rabada ya kama wickets uku, yayin da Keshav Maharaj da Maphaka suka kama biyu kowanne.
Bayan haka, Afirka ta Kudu ta tilasta Pakistan ta sake fara wasan, amma Masood da Azam sun yi nasarar kafa haɗin gwiwa mafi girma tun Disamba 2022. Masood ya ci maki 102 ba tare da an kama shi ba, yayin da Azam ya rasa maki 81 kafin Marco Jansen ya kama shi.
Pakistan ta ci gaba da fafatawa, amma tana buƙatar ƙarin maki 208 don daidaita da Afirka ta Kudu, tare da wasu kwanaki biyu na wasa. Afirka ta Kudu tana shirin wasan gwajin ƙarshe kafin su fafata da Australia a gasar cin kofin duniya a watan Yuni.
