Toss Pakistan choose to bat vs Zimbabwe
Pakistan received the toss and elected to bat first within the first T20I in Bulawayo. Salman Ali Agha, who captains the facet, mentioned this collection was as a lot about giving the children an opportunity because it was about profitable. “We simply wish to put good whole on the board. At second time, it might get slower and decrease,” Agha mentioned. Whereas Pakistan didn’t hand out any debuts, it was a new-look facet. Omair Yousuf, Tayyab Tahir, Irfan Khan and Sufiyan Muqeem all play, whereas Saim Ayub returned on the high of the order.
Zimbabwe are in good kind on this format, having received all their video games within the regional qualifier in October, however they face the next class of opposition now. “We have performed plenty of T20 cricket up to now few months,” mentioned captain Sikandar Raza. “ODI cricket we performed after 9 months, however we performed T20 cricket constantly and have been producing unbelievable outcomes for the nation so we’re wanting ahead to have one other good sport of T20 cricket.” Ryan Burl and Wellingston Masakadza, lacking from the ODI collection, got here again into the facet.
Zimbabwe: 1 Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), 2 Brian Bennett, 3 Dion Myers, 4 Sikandar Raza (capt), 5 Ryan Burl, 6 Clive Madande, 7 Tashinga Musekiwa, 8 Wellington Masakadza, 9 Richard Ngarava, 10 Blessing Muzarabani, 11 Trevor Gwandu
Pakistan: 1 Saim Ayub, 2 Tayyab Tahir, 3 Omair Yousuf, 4 Usman Khan (wk) 5, Salman Agha (capt), 6 Irfan Khan, 7 Jahandad Khan, 8 Abbas Afridi, 9 Abrar Ahmed, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Sufiyan Muqeem
