{"id":93973,"date":"2024-11-30T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=93973"},"modified":"2024-11-30T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:30:37","slug":"pakistans-playing-xi-announced-for-first-zimbabwe-t20i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/93973\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s playing XI announced for first Zimbabwe T20I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Saturday the Playing XI for the first T20I match against Zimbabwe scheduled to be played tomorrow at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.\u00a0 The three-match series will be played from December 1 (Sunday) to December 5 (Thursday).\u00a0 Led by Salman Ali Agha, the playing XI features young and strong players including Saim Ayub, Omair Bin Yousuf, Usman Khan, Tayyab Tahir, Muhammad Irfan Khan and Jahandad Khan.\u00a0 The bowling side features Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed and Sufyan Moqim.\u00a0 Earlier, skipper Agha said that the team&#8217;s first priority is to win the series. &#8220;We won the one-day series, now our target is to win the T20I series,&#8221; he stressed.\u00a0 &#8220;We have to give young players\u00a0maximum opportunity in this series,&#8221; said the captain while speaking during a press conference in Bulawayo today.\u00a0 Agha said that there will be new faces in the T20I series, adding that the team will maintain its momentum in the shortest format of the game. &#8220;We will\u00a0try to play aggressively.&#8221;\u00a0 The captain said that the T20I squad has good bowlers. 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