Imam falls at 101, takes Pakistan over 250 against South

Pakistan opening batsman Imam ul Haq reached his fifth One Day International (ODI) against South Africa in the third ODI at SuperSports Park, Centurion on Friday.

Imam hit his career's fifth ODI ton featuring 8 boundaries, before departing to 101 off 116 deliveries after he was caught by van der Dussen off Shamsi’s delivery in the 43^rd over.

Earlier, Imam also became the second fastest batsman to reach 1000 One Day International (ODI) runs.

The youngster managed to attain the feat in just 19 innings, only one more than fellow opening batsman Fakhar Zaman, who holds the record of fastest to 1000 runs mark in 18 ODI appearances.

However, with the feat Imam was able to best the likes of Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli, Proteas’s Hashim Amla and Pakistan’s Babar Azam.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa. The five-match ODI series is levelled at 1-1 with both the teams hoping to take a lead.

Pakistan XI: Imam ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Sarfraz Ahmed (captain and wicket-keeper), Mohammad Amir, Hassan Ali and Shaheen Afridi

South Africa XI: Reeza Hendricks, Hashim Amla, Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Faf du Plessis (captain), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Beuran Hendricks, Tabraiz Shamsi and Dale Steyn