On Friday, November 29, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made last-minute changes to the Pakistan National Cricket Team’s T20I squad for the upcoming matches. series Against Zimbabwe National Cricket Team.
Pakistan is currently touring Zimbabwe for a white ball series. The series consists of three ODI matches and three T20I matches.
Pakistan beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in the ODI series
The Green Men won the recently concluded three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe by 2-1. They started the series with an 80-run defeat in Bulawayo, but made a good comeback to lose the series as they won the next two matches by 10 wickets and 99 runs.
The 22-year-old top-order batsman Saim Ayub emerged as one of the top performers in the ODI series and he also won the Player of the Series award.
In the series opener, he scored just 11 runs and recorded bowling figures of 0/12. However, in the second match, he scored an unbeaten 113 and took one wicket for 16 runs.
Also, in the series decider, he contributed 31 runs with the bat and took two wickets for 29 runs with the ball. Speaking after winning the player of the series award, Saim Ayub said that he just stays in the moment and tries to enjoy every game he plays. He said:
“It was like the last game, the pitch was a bit slow today. We just see the ball and react, sometimes it goes out of bounds, sometimes it goes for the catch. We just believe in the process and enjoy it, that’s not all. We want to stay in the present. and trying to enjoy each other.”
Saim Ayub, Aamer Jamal and Abrar Ahmed added to Pakistan T20I squad
Saim Ayub’s brilliant performance in the ODI series impressed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee as they included him in the squad for the series against Zimbabwe.
Along with Job Amer Jamaland Abrar Ahmed Included in Pakistan T20I squad for three-match series against Zimbabwe.
The T20Is between Pakistan and Zimbabwe will be played on December 1, 3 and 5. Salman Ali Agha will be the captain of the team in the absence of goalkeeper-bassman Muhammad Rizwa, who is on rest.
Speaking after the ODI series win over Zimbabwe, Mohammad Rizwan said he was proud of his team’s comeback from defeat.
“It’s a proud feeling. We lost the first match and the expectation from the national team is very high. But we had the confidence to come back. We knew we would face some pressure here, it’s always difficult in terms of away conditions.”
Pakistan Full Squad for Zimbabwe T20Is
Squad: Saim Ayub, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (WK), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas AfridiMuhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan, Aamer Jamal, Abrar Ahmed.
