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 aspect, stated this collection was as a lot about giving the children an opportunity because it was about successful. “We simply wish to put good complete on the board. At second time, it might get slower and decrease,” Agha stated. Whereas Pakistan didn’t hand out any debuts, it was a new-look aspect. 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 type 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 a whole lot of T20 cricket previously few months,” stated captain Sikandar Raza. “ODI cricket we performed after 9 months, however we performed T20 cricket constantly and have been producing improbable outcomes for the nation so we’re trying 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 aspect.
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
