BULAWAYO: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first in the first T20I of the three-match series against Zimbabwe here at the Queens Sports Club on Sunday.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Usman Khan (wk), Omair Bin Yousuf, Salman Agha (c), Tayyab Tahir, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf.
Zimbabwe: Brain Bennett, Ryan Burl, Trevor Gwandu, Clive Madande, Tawandanashe Marumani (wk), Tashinga Musekiwa, Richard Ngarava, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Wellington Masakadza
HEAD TO HEAD
Pakistan and Zimbabwe have faced each other 18 times in T20Is, with the former boasting a dominant record with 16 wins compared to the opposition’s two, which included a famous one-run victory during the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Games 18, Pakistan 16, Zimbabwe 2
FORM GUIDE
Pakistan and Zimbabwe enter the three-match series with contrasting momentum.
The home team is unbeaten in their last five matches in the format, part of their perfect run in the recently held ICC Men’s T20 World Cup African sub-regional qualifiers.
Considering the Green Shirts carry the weight of a 3-0 defeat to Australia, their first series after a dismal campaign in the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which marked their first group stage exit from the tournament.
Zimbabwe: W, W, W, W, W (newest first)
Pakistan: L, L, L, W, W
