Pakistan National Cricket Team have announced their playing XI for the final T20I against the Zimbabwe National Cricket Team. The final game of the three-match series between the teams will be taking place at the Queens Park Club in Bulawayo on Thursday (5th December).
Pakistan National Cricket Team have made four changes to their playing XI from the last game. Since the Salman Ali Agha-led side has won the series, the management has decided to test their bench strength and give opportunities to a few more youngsters in the last match.
Sahibzada Farhan will be replacing Saim Ayub at the top of the order for the final T20I
Sahibzada Farhan will be replacing Saim Ayub in the Pakistan XI for the final T20I against the Zimbabwe National Cricket Team. He will be opening the innings along with Omair Bin Yousuf, who played a decent role with the bat in the second match of the series.
The middle-order will be the same for the Pakistan National Cricket Team going into the third game. Usman Khan will be keeping the wickets and will be batting at No.3 while skipper Salman Ali Agha and Tayyab Tahir will be taking the onus in the middle order for the third match.
Qasim Akram, Arafat Minhas and Mohammad Hasnain have replaced Irfan Khan, Abrar Ahmed and Haris Rauf in the team for last T20I against Zimbabwe
Qasim Akram is another change for the Pakistan National Cricket Team going into the third match against the Zimbabwe National Cricket Team. He will be replacing Irfan Khan in the team. He will be the all-rounder alongside Jahandad Khan for the side in the final game.
Arafat Minhas has replaced Abrar Ahmed in the team while Mohammad Hasnain will be playing in place of Haris Rauf. Mohamad Abbas Afridi and Sufiyan Muqeem, who won Player of the Match in the last game, have retained their place in the team for the last match of the series.
Pakistan National Cricket Team playing XI for the third T20I
Here’s Pakistan National Cricket Team playing XI for the third T20I:
Sahibzada Farhan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Usman Khan (wk), Salman Ali Agha (C), Tayyab Tahir, Qasim Akram, Arafat Minhas, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Sufiyan Muqeem
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Pakistan National Cricket Team came up with two dominating performances in the first two games of the series. In the first game, they came up with a staggering effort as they piled up 165 runs on the board and then bundled out Zimbabwe National Cricket Team on just 108 runs to win the match by 57 runs.
In the second match, the visitors were terrific with the ball. They were put into the field first, and they wrapped up Zimbabwe’s innings for just 57 runs. The visitors then chased the target with 10 wickets in hand and inside 13 overs to take an unassailable lead of 2-0.
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