Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman helped Pakistan pull off their highest succesful chase in the 2025 tri-series match against South Africa

Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha’s record double-hundred partnership helped Pakistan pull off a historic chase during the tri-series match against South Africa at Karachi.

 

Chasing a daunting 353 in the virtual semi-final of the tri-nation series, Pakistan took the aggressive route from the word go but were reduced to 91-3 in the 11th over.

Captain Rizwan (122 not off 128 balls) and Agha (134 off 103) helped the hosts pull off their most successful run chase with six wickets and an over remaining. Their previous best was 349 against Australia, three years ago.

Match 3, Pakistan vs South Africa

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Pakistan vs South Africa | New Zealand and South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 | Match 3
National Stadium, Karachi
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 09:00am (UTC:+0000)
PAK Pakistan
PAK Pakistan
355/4
(49.0) RR: 7.24

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    SA South Africa
    SA South Africa
    352/5
    (50.0) RR: 7.04

      Rizwan and Salman stitched a 260-run stand for the fourth wicket, a new national record for that wicket. Overall, it is the third-highest for Pakistan in ODIs. Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman's 304 v Zimbabwe in 2018, and Inzamam-ul-Haq and Aamer Sohail's 263 v New Zealand in 1994 are the only pairs ahead of them.

      This is also the highest partnership against South Africa, eclipsing the previous record of 257, also by a Pakistan pair, between Saleem Elahi and Abdul Razzaq in 2002.

      Highest partnerships against South Africa in ODIs: Full list

      Batters Team Partnership Venue Year
      Agha Salman, Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan 260 Karachi 2025
      Abdul Razzaq, Saleem Elahi Pakistan 257 Gqeberha 2002
      Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan England 232 Kimberley 2023
      Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Carl Hooper West Indies 226 East London 1999
      Michael Bevan, Steve Waugh Australia 222 Melbourne (Docklands) 2000
      Vikram Solanki, Marcus Trescothick England 200 The Oval 2003
      Dinesh Karthik, Sachin Tendulkar India 194 Gwalior 2010
      Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar India 193 Johannesburg 2001
      Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle West Indies 193 Johannesburg 2004
      Michael Bevan, Steve Waugh Australia 189 Centurion 1997
      Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane India 189 Durban 2018
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