South Africa elect to bat

South Africa [ Images ] captain Graeme Smith [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in a Group B match of the ICC [ Images ] Champions Trophy [ Images ] at the Punjab [ Images ] Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Friday.

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The match is a virtual quarter-final contest, with the winner advancing to the last four, joining New Zealand [ Images ] who have already advanced from the group.

South Africa left out spin bowler Robin Peterson from the team that defeated Sri Lanka [ Images ] by 78 runs on Tuesday, replacing him with pacer Charl Langeveldt.

Pakistan also made one change in its team that was beaten by New Zealand, replacing pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan with Yasir Arafat.

Both teams have one win from two previous matches.

Teams:

Pakistan: Younis Khan [ Images ] (captain), Imran Farhat [ Images ], Mohammad Hafeez [ Images ], Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ], Shoaib Malik [ Images ], Abdul Razzaq [ Images ], Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi [ Images ], Yasir Arafat, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs [ Images ], Jacques Kallis [ Images ], A B de Villiers, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher [ Images ], Shaun Pollock [ Images ], Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel [ Images ], Makhaya Ntini [ Images ].