Pakistan make three changes to squad for third Zimbabwe ODI

Pakistan have made three changes to their squad for the third one-day international (ODI) against Zimbabwe, which is scheduled to be played on November 3 in Rawalpindi.

Opener Abid Ali, all-rounder Imam Wasim and pacer Haris Rauf have been replaced by rookie batsman Abdullah Shafique, spinner Zafar Gohar and fast-bowler Mohammad Hasnain.

“We will decided the playing XI tomorrow after looking at the pitch,” said Pakistan’s head coach-cum-chief selector Misbahul Haq.

“We played positive cricket in the previous game which was good to see,” he added.

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Spinner Iftikhar Ahmed grabbed a maiden five-wicket haul while Babar Azam notched a half-century as Pakistan thumped Zimbabwe by six wickets to win the second one-day international in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

The win gave Pakistan an unassailable 2-0 lead after they won the first game by 26 runs on Friday.

The two teams will also play three Twenty20 internationals on November 7, 8 and 10, also in Rawalpindi.

Squad

Imamul Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Zafar Gohar, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Musa Khan