SAC vs PNC Match Prediction 2025 9th WCL: Match Preview, Pitch Report and Who will win Today’s Match?

SAC vs PNC Match Preview

The South Africa Champions under the leadership of former South Africa captain AB de Villiers have been in good form in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025. They have already played 3 matches in the tournament in which they have won all three matches so far.

The South Africa Champions began their campaign against the West Indies Champions and won the match only in a bowl out tie breaker.

Their 2nd match was against the defending champions India Champions. They scored 208 runs batting first with AB de Villiers the top scorer with 63 runs. They restricted the Indian team to 111 runs and won the match by 88 runs via the DLS method.

They continued their winning form against the England Champions where they successfully chased down 153 runs in 12.2 overs and won the match by 10 wickets. Once against captain AB de Villiers was brilliant as he scored a century, 116 runs unbeaten to make it 3 wins in a row for South Africa Champions.

As for the Pakistan Champions, they have also done fairly well in the 2025 edition, repeating their performance from last season where they reached the final but lost against the India Champions in the summit clash.

The Pakistan side was scheduled to take on the India Champions in the 2nd match of their campaign, but the game was cancelled as several Indian players pulled out of the match due to the regional conflict between the two nations. Hence, both the teams were given one point each.

The last season's runners-up Pakistan Champions featured in the opening match of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 against the hosts the England Champions on 18 July, 2025.

In that match, the Pakistani team came out on top. Despite an awful start where they were 6 wickets down for 84 runs, Mohammad Hafeez's 54 runs inning helped Pakistan to post 160 runs on the board.

They then got the England Champions restricted to 155 runs as the Pakistan Champions won the match by 5 runs. England lost only 3 wickets but because of great line and length bowling from Pakistani bowlers, England just couldn't get the runs needed.

SAC vs PNC Recent Form

The South Africa Champions is definitely the team looking the better out of the two sides in this match-up in-terms of recent form. In their last 5 matches, they have won 4 matches while one match was a tie vs West Indies Champions, which they eventually won in tie-breaker.

As for the Pakistan Champions, they are not miles behind as they have won 3 out of last 5 matches with two defeats, including the one against the India Champions in the final match last year.

SAC vs PNC Head-to-Head in T20s

The South Africa Champions and the Pakistan Champions have played only one match and it was the South Africa Champions who picked-up the win in a high scoring match. Batting first, the Pakistan Champions scored 210 runs but South Africa Champions chased the target in 18.3 overs with Sarel Erwee scoring a century while Jacques Snyman scored 82 runs as both remained unbeaten.

Grace Road, Leicester Pitch Report

Grace Road in Leicester features a balanced playing surface that elevates the thrill of T20 cricket. The pitch offers PNC and bounce, with considerable movement expected early in the innings, making for an engaging and competitive match. Throughout the course of the match, batting conditions are expected to become more favorable, particularly under the floodlights. The pitch is projected to stabilize, allowing batsmen to play shots more freely. Moreover, the reduced boundary sizes contribute to higher scoring chances for both teams across all phases of the game.

South Africa Champions vs Pakistan Champions Predicted Playing XI

South Africa Champions: Hashim Amla, Jacques Rudolph, Sarel Erwee, AB de Villiers (C), JP Duminy, Wayne Parnell, JJ Smut, Morne van Wyk, Hardus Viljoen, Aaron Phangiso, Imran Tahir.

Pakistan Champions: Shoaib Maqsood, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi (c), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Asif Ali, Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir.

South Africa Champions vs Pakistan Champions Key Players

South Africa Champions Top Batter: AB de Villiers

The South Africa Champions captain AB de Villiers has been in great form in the ongoing World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025. He has already scored 182 runs in the three matches including a century in their previous match against England Champions.

South Africa Champions Top Bowler: Imran Tahir

Imran Tahir doesn't care how old he is as he is still one of the best spin bowlers in the world right now. At the age of 46, he is still active in multiple T20 leagues and has already taken 4 wickets in 2 matches of the WCL, 2 wickets each against the India Champions and the England Champions.

Pakistan Champions Top Batter: Mohammad Hafeez

The Pakistan Champions haven't been as good with the bat you would expect from them. Mohammad Hafeez was their best batter in their match against the England Champions as he scored a half-century when the entire batting unit struggled in that match for the visitors.

Pakistan Champions Top Bowler: Sohail Tanvir

The Pakistan Champions could only take 3 wickets vs the England Champions, so didn't really display their best performance. However, there will be huge expectations from the veteran Sohail Tanvir. Tanvir is a tall PNCe bowler which will help him extract extra bounce from the surface in Leicester.

SAC vs PNC Today Match Prediction

The South Africa Champions vs Pakistan Champions match is going to entertain the fans. Both the teams feature some veterans of the game like AB de Villiers for South Africa and Shahid Afridi for the Pakistan Champions.

However, given their form in the tournament for the South Africa Champions compared to Pakistan Champions, who did have their struggle against England Champions, the AB de Villiers led side is seriously considered the favourite for the clash.

The South Africa Champions have won all three matches so far and will be looking to make it 4 in a row. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Champions will be looking to sort out their issues from the first match.