Pakistan announced it’s playing XI for the first T20 of the three-match series against Zimbabwe, which is going to be played tomorrow. This time against Zimbabwe, the team would be captained by vice-captain Salman Ali Agha, as regular captain Mohammad Rizwan took a rest for the match.
The playing XI combines players of the experienced cohort and young talents. This combination signifies Pakistan’s plan to test its bench strength and to experiment with combinations in front of international assignments yet to come.
The T20 series follows Pakistan’s win 2-1 in the ODI series, and the green brigade would try to take the momentum to T20 while providing space for the young talent to keep pace.
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Here is Pakistan’s playing XI for the first T20:
Salman Ali Agha (c)
Saim Ayub
Omair Bin Yousuf
Usman Khan (wk)
Tayyab Tahir
Muhammad Irfan Khan
Jahandad Khan
Mohammad Abbas Afridi
Haris Rauf
Abrar Ahmed
Sufyan Moqim
The T20 series offers an excellent opportunity for Pakistan to judge the depth of its squad for all future challenges in the international calendar. This mixture of youth and experience should help the team dominate this series while giving its younger players their chance to shine.