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Pakistan, Zimbabwe to lock horns in 2nd T20 today
Harare: Pakistan and Zimbabwe are set to lock horns at Harare Sports Club in the second T20I of the series on Friday (today), scheduled to start at 02:00 PM as per Pakistan’s standard time.
Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 11 runs in the first game of the three-match T20I series and lead the series 1-0.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe’s middle-order batsman Craig Ervine suffered a right calf muscle strain while fielding during the first match. However, he has been ruled out from the remaining T20Is against Pakistan.
Tarisai Musakanda has replaced Ervine in the T20I squad for the remaining two games.
Pakistan squad
Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain and Haris Rauf.
Zimbabwe squad
Tinashe Kamunhukamwe (capt), Sean Williams, Tarisai Musakanda, Brendan Taylor, Ryan Burl, Wesley Madhevere, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Luke Jongwe and Chakabva Regis
The schedule of the T20I series
April 21: 1st T20I; Harare Sports Club, Harare
April 23: 2nd T20I; Harare Sports Club, Harare
April 25: 3rd T20I; Harare Sports Club, Harare
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan has defeated South Africa by 3-1 in their recent four-match T20I series while Zimbabwe lost by 0-3 in their last three-match T20I series against Afghanistan.
Earlier in 2020, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 2-1 in the One Day Internationals (ODI) series and then swept them 3-0 in the T20I series.
Both the teams have played fourteen T20I matches against each other till now where Pakistan won all of those matches against Zimbabwe.
According to details, Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field first against Pakistan.