The Proteas won the toss and will bowl first at Newlands in the series decider against Pakistan, writes KHALID MOHIDIN. 

It all boils down to this. A series decider at Newlands between the Proteas and Pakistan.

The series has seesawed between the two sides after Pakistan struck the first blow with a victory in the opening ODI.

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The Proteas made two changes to their starting XI after Pakistan broke their seven-match unbeaten Pink Day streak. Wiaan Mulder and Dwaine Pretorius have replaced Beuran Hendricks and David Miller. Du Plessis said that they would like to test out their all-rounders. There is no better way to test these players than in a must-win clash against a resilient Pakistan outfit.

Pakistan have stuck with the same XI as the Pink ODI.

Proteas
1) Hashim Amla
2) Quinton de Kock
3) Reeza Hendricks
4) Faf du Plessis
5) Rassie van der Dussen
6) Wiaan Mulder
7) Dwaine Pretorius
8) Andile Phehlukwayo
9) Dale Steyn
10) Kagiso Rabada
11) Imran Tahir

Pakistan
1) Imam-ul-Haq
2) Fakhar Zaman
3) Babar Azam
4) Mohammad Hafeez
5) Shoaib Malik (c)
6) Mohammad Rizwan
7) Shadab Khan
8) Imad Wasim
9) Mohammad Amir
10) Usman Shinwari
11) Shaheen Afridi

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