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Zimbabwe eye a historic series victory over Pakistan as exciting finale awaits
Harare: The third and final match of the T20 series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be played at Harare Sports Club in the capital city today.
The match will start at 2:00 pm as per Pakistan’s standard time.
Three-match series is levelled by 1-1 as in the second match of the series, Zimbabwe defeated Pakistan by 19 runs and made history by winning the first-ever T20 against Pakistan.
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; Pakistan Won
April 23: 2nd T20I; Zimbabwe Won
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 13 of those matches against Zimbabwe.