Pak-SA Test series gets underway today
Pakistan captain Babar Azam is aware that his side have a poor a record against South Africa in Tests but he is confident that the past will count for nothing when the two teams meet in the opening test in Karachi from Today.
South Africa, led by Quinton de Kock, will play their first test in Pakistan since 2007 and have lost only four out of 26 matches against their opponents.
"We should not think about past, we should focus on what's ahead of us," Babar told reporters. "We have nothing to do with what happened on previous matches.
"It's a fact that we don't have a good record against them, but we have prepared well this time and we hope to give our best against them."
Pakistan named nine uncapped players in their squad for the two Tests while the visiting side also introduced a number of new faces during a 2-0 home victory over Sri Lanka in their previous series.
Babar, Pakistan's batting mainstay, missed his team's 2-0 blanking in New Zealand and will instead make his test captaincy debut at home although in front of empty stands.
South Africa have had a rethink about their plans for the first Test, coach Mark Boucher has said.
South Africa are playing their first Test in Pakistan since 2007, and it is also the first time they have toured in the cooler month of January and Boucher believes the weather will make for slower wickets taking more turn.
"The conditions aren't as we thought they would be. Before we arrived we believed reverse swing would be a major factor, but now we are not sure how much of a weapon that will be," Boucher told reporters on Monday.
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