Former South African captain, AB de Villiers, is excited for South Africa’shistoric tour of Pakistan after a gap of fourteen years. de Villiersexpressed his delight on Twitter and wished the Proteas the best of luckfor the tour.——————————

Pakistan was not able to host international matches for seven years due tothe terror attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009. Pakistan CricketBoard (PCB) made valiant efforts to bring cricket back and the countryhosted Zimbabwe for limited-overs matches in 2016. Test cricket finallyreturned to the country when Sri Lanka toured in 2019.

South Africa is the third nation to play a Test match in Pakistan after theresumption of international cricket in the country. Pakistan is stillunbeaten at home in Test cricket after the return of the format in thecountry, beating both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.——————————

AB de Villiers believes that South Africa have the tools to troublePakistan at home and said that the contest between the two sides will beeven. de Villiers was part of the South African squad that toured Pakistanin 2007 and believes that the country is a special place to play cricket.

Prior to his retirement from international cricket, de Villiers had playeda total of 7 matches in Pakistan, including both Tests and ODIs, scoring304 runs at an average of 50.66.

The first Test match of the series is already underway at National StadiumKarachi, with both the teams putting on a good showing in the first sessionof the Test match.