November 18, 2025
Pakistan chose to bowl first against Zimbabwe in the 1st tri-series game in the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
The strategy begins with a bold move by the hosts. The captain has handed the ball to the team's bowling unit.
Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan (wk), 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Salman Ali Agha (capt), 5 Usman Khan (wk), 6 Fakhar Zaman, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Mohammad Salman Mirza, 11 Abrar Ahmed
Zimbabwe: 1 Brian Bennett, 2 Ryan Burl, 3 Sikandar Raza (capt.), 4 Bradley Evans, 5 Brendan Taylor (wk), 6 Tadiwanashe Marumani, 7 Tashinga Musekiwa, 8 Tony Munyonga, 9 Graeme Cremer, 10 Tinotenda Maposa, 11 Richard Ngarava
Pakistan and Zimbabwe have faced each other 21 times in T20I cricket, with the Green Shirts emerging victorious on 18 occasions. This impressive head-to-head record puts the psychological pressure on Sikandar Raza's men, but in the shortest format, anything is possible!