Published: Sep 12, 2017, 06:24 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 12, 2017, 10:50 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the first T20I between Pakistan and World XI. I am Aditya Sahay, and I will provide all the interesting posts from the social media space, along with intriguing stats.
Mohammad Aamer will miss the contest as he has been blessed with a baby girl in England. However, Pakistan still have the likes of Sohail Khan and Hasan Ali to rattle the opposition with pace.
In other news, we will see former England captain and winner of ICC WT20 2010, Paul Collingwood, in the thick of things since 2011.
“Everybody here has accepted that they are part of something more important than just themselves. To me, it’s a place where I have a great connection and going back there, like I said through the PSL final, to bring cricket back to Pakistan, if we can be part of history, a greater purpose, it’s a wonderful opportunity,” said Darren Sammy, two-time WT20-winning captain.
It is commendable from ICC that they took brave steps to revive international cricket in Pakistan, a place where teams have been refusing to tour since the terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in 2009.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will lead World XI in this three-match series, played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Squads:
Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Shoaib Malik, Usman Khan, Fahim Ashraf, Umar Amin, Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim, Aamer Yamin, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Sohail Khan
World XI: Tim Paine (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Hashim Amla, Grant Elliott, David Miller, George Bailey, Paul Collingwood, Ben Cutting, Tamim Iqbal, Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Samuel Badree
