Chennai, 27/10: Pakistan, going through a turbulent ride that seemingly appears to bring their World Cup campaign to a premature halt, face the Herculean challenge of stopping the sizzling run of South Africa when the two sides lock horns in an important clash here on Friday.
Both South Africa and Pakistan started off with impressive wins in their opening two matches before suffering a reversal in their third game — the former handed a shock defeat by minnows Netherlands and the latter going down to arch-rivals India.