Published: Sep 15, 2017, 07:05 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 15, 2017, 11:00 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the third and final T20I between Pakistan and World T20I at Gadaffi Stadium, Lahore. I am Aditya Sahay and will be your host for the day. Emotions are set to fly high during this game as it marks the end of a carnival in Lahore. This series has been more than cricket. After 8 long years, Pakistan played some cricket worth the competition, in their home soil. With the series level at 1-1, this match holds greater significance. While Babar Azam magical knock and the Pakistani bowlers won hosts the first T20I, it was Thisara Perera’s all-round show and Hashim Amla’s guile that saw the visitors make a comeback and register a rare win. (Yes, rare. World XI teams have hardly won enough). The match went down the wire till Perera struck a six off the penultimate ball to register the win for his side. Pakistan’s batting looks settled and at the moment they will not like to tinker with it. From the bowling perspective, they may go for Usman Shinwari in place of Hasan Ali. World XI too will not look forward to make big changes but George Bailey, who has warmed the benches in the last 2 games, may get a look in. Continue expecting a high-scoring extravaganza. 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
