Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (left) and Zimbabwean captain Craig Ervine (second left) speaking earlier than toss on November 24, 2024. —PCB
Pakistan gained the toss and opted to bowl first as they locked horns with Zimbabwe of their first match of the three-match ODI sequence on Sunday.
The match is being performed on the Queens Sports activities Membership in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
That is Inexperienced Shirts’ second ODI sequence this month after they beat Australia 2-1 in a historic achievement down below earlier this month. Former quick bowler and member Males’s Nationwide Choice Committee, Aqib Javed has been appointed because the interim white-ball head coach of the Pakistan staff till the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at house. The ODI sequence towards Zimbabwe shall be his first project on this function after he joined the staff on Friday.
Pakistan’s ODI squad, led by Mohammad Rizwan, reached Zimbabwe on Wednesday and had three in depth observe periods within the lead-up to the ODI sequence. Within the 15-member squad, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi have been changed with uncapped duo of Abrar Ahmed and Ahmed Daniyal together with pacer Shahnawaz Dahani and Tayyab Tahir.
Pakistan and Zimbabwe final confronted one another within the 50-over format in November 2020 in Rawalpindi the place Pakistan beat the guests 2-1. Pakistan, on their final go to to Zimbabwe whitewashed the Chevrons in a five-match ODI sequence in July 2018.
The ODI sequence shall be adopted by a three-match T20Is on the Queens Sports activities Membership in Bulawayo.
Skipper Mohammad Rizwan stated the ODI sequence towards Zimbabwe was equally vital for the Inexperienced Shirts as they aimed to check their bench energy and planed in direction of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at house.
“With the help of the Almighty, we aim to keep the winning momentum from our last ODI series going.
“With the trio of our main players resting up after the Australia series, it will be exciting to see other players putting their hands up and helping the team at various times during the 50-over contests.
“Having played against the home team various times, we do expect them to put up challenges for us during the three ODIs but crucially this series will also test our temperament in terms of backing up a historic win in Australia.”
Pakistan ODI squad: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Shahnawaz Dahani, Saim Ayub, and Tayyab Tahir
Zimbabwe ODI squad: Craig Ervine (captain), Brian Bennett, Blessing Muzarabani, Brandon Mavuta, Clive Madande, Dion Myers, Faraz Akram, Joylord Gumbie, Richard Ngarava, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Tashinga Musekiwa, Tinotenda Maposa and Trevor Gwandu.
Schedule of matches: (All matches to be performed on the Queens Sports activities Membership, Bulawayo)
Nov 24 — 1st ODI vs Zimbabwe (12:30pm Pakistan Commonplace Time (PST))
Nov 26 — 2nd ODI vs Zimbabwe (12:30pm PST)
Nov 28 — third ODI vs Zimbabwe (12:30pm PST)
Dec 1 — 1st T20I vs Zimbabwe (4pm PST)
Dec 3 — 2nd T20I vs Zimbabwe (4pm PST)
Dec 5 — third T20I vs Zimbabwe (4pm PST)
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