Malik, Kamran and Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shahzad, Zulfiqar Babar, Asad Ali will join the national team for the series of two T20s and five one-dayers.
"Cricket is a funny game once you run into a bad patch it is difficult to come out of it unfortunately we had a bad start in the Test series and we couldn't get out of it. I don't think our team is as bad as the results show," Malik told PTI at the Gaddafi stadium.
"But we need to now just move on and try to reverse the results in the one-day series although it will be a challenge," he said.
Malik said Pakistan had a very good record in T20 and ODI matches and was capable of producing different results and pose a strong challenge for South Africa.
"It is a good opportunity for us to show everyone we are a far better side than the results suggest in the Test matches."
Malik, who is now considered only for T20 or ODI matches said the coming series was also a personal challenge for him.
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