Pakistan make four changes in playing XI for final Zimbabwe T20I

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday unveiled the playing XI for the third and final match between the Green Shirts and Zimbabwe with four changes in the lineup. 

The third match will be played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo tomorrow (Thursday). 

The Men in Green have clinched the three-match series against Zimbabwe by 2-0. The national side won the first match by 57 runs and the second match by 10 wickets. 

Sahibzada Farhan, Qasim Akram, Mohammad Hasnain and Arafat Minhas have been added to the playing XI, replacing Saim Ayub, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Abrar Ahmed and Haris Rauf.

The move is part of the Green Shirts' strategy to test their bench strength ahead of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy.

The touring side, who entered the ongoing series, carrying the weight of their clean sweep defeat against Australia last month, got back on winning track by dismantling Zimbabwe in the first two fixtures.

The green shirts won the opening match convincingly by 57 runs before completely outclassing Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the second T20I, which saw plenty of records being broken.

Batting first, Zimbabwe’s batting unit unfolded on a meagre 57 despite a decent start provided by their openers Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani.

The home side ran into the worst collapse by a full member side in men’s T20I to succumb to their lowest total in the format.

Pakistan, in response, raced to the victory in just 33 deliveries to register the largest victory, in terms of balls remaining, in a T20I involving two full member teams.