In the latest news, the star batsman Babar Azam will feature in Pakistan's domestic first-class competition, Quaid-e-Azam, prior to the Test series against South Africa. The opening Test will be played on Sunday, October 12, and prior to that, Babar will be playing for the Lahore Whites. Mohammad Rizwan and other Test-bound players were a few days ago recommended to return to the domestic circuit ahead of the South Africa Tests, and as per reports in the Pakistan media, Babar will feature in the Quaid-e-Azam match to gear up for the looming red-ball test. Recently, Babar was left out of the Pakistan Asia Cup team, but recalled in the Test team against South Africa. The series is very important as one more poor show and the selectors might give him the exit door. Read also: Australia A players fall ill with stomach infection in Kanpur Therefore, the Quaid-e-Azam match for Lahore Whites will be significant for Babar as it will provide him an opportunity to acclimatize himself with red-ball cricket. He played his last Test match at the beginning of 2025, and since then, he has only featured for Pakistan in white-ball cricket. To get in the rhythm of Test cricket, the next game on October 6 is an ideal one for Babar to put some runs under his belt. Not just Babar, but also other major Test-bound players have been instructed to play the red-ball tournament prior to the start of the Test series. According to Pakistani media reports, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Hasan Ali, and Sajid Khan will don their respective teams' colors in the Quaid-e-Azam. The Pakistan team's standards in Test cricket have fallen over the past few years, and they even find it difficult to defeat teams on home soil. Therefore, to improve the past errors and acclimatize prior to the battle against South Africa, the team management has encouraged Test cricketers to play for the domestic tournament.