[Watch] Kamran Ghulam abuses Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Verreynne on Day 1 of SA v PAK 2024 1st Test
Pakistan middle-order batter Kamran Ghulam abused Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Verreynne on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test at the Supersport Park in Centurion.
In a video surfaced on social media, the right-handed batter was heard saying 'F***k you' to the Proteas duo.
The incident took place when Rabada was running in and stopped short of sending down the delivery as Kamran seemed to have some problem with the sight screen. With keeper Verreynne running in to have a chat with the Pakistani batter, a heated exchange took place between them before play resumed.
Watch the clip here:
Earlier, South African skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bowl first, given the cloudy conditions in Centurion. They handed a debut to fast bowler Corbin Bosch who made his 50-over international debut in the third ODI against Pakistan in Johannesburg.
The visitors, meanwhile, chose an all-out pace attack, picking up four specialist seamers in Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad, Naseem Shah, and Mohammad Abbas.
Kamran Ghulam top-scores with 54 to take Pakistan to 211 on Day 1 at Centurion
Ghulam, nevertheless, scored a gritty half-century in tough conditions against a relentless South African pace-bowling unit. The likes of Shan Masood, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, and Saud Shakeel also got off to promising starts but failed to convert them into big scores.
With 211 on the board, Pakistan's highest partnership of the innings was between Ghulam and Rizwan, with the duo stitching together 81 off 118 balls.
Dane Paterson finished as the pick of the bowlers for the hosts with figures of 16-4-61-5, while debutant Bosch snared four scalps. Marco Jansen, meanwhile, picked up one scalp.
Pakistan lost the three-match T20I series by a 2-0 margin but bounced back to blank South Africa 3-0 in the 50-over leg.
Nevertheless, Bavuma and company are in pole position to seal a spot in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) at Lord's next year. A win in the Centurion will confirm the berth for the Proteas.