ICC World XI Independence T20 Cricket Cup 2017 Update: Pakistan thrashed the World Eleven to clinch the Independence Cup, winning the three-match Twenty20 International series 2-1, here at the jam-packed Gaddafi Stadium on Friday night.
Ahmed Shehzad contributed his vital 89 runs off 55 balls with three sixes and eight fours in ICC World XI Independence T20 Cricket Cup 2017.
Chasing a daunting target of 184 in ICC World XI Independence T20 Cricket Cup 2017 final, the World Eleven led by South Africa captain Faf du Plessis could score 150 for eight in the 20 overs to lose the match by 33 runs and also the series.
Pakistan got the early breakthrough in ICC World XI Independence T20 Cricket Cup 2017 final as a low-pitched ball of Usman Khan Shinwari bold Tamim Iqbal. The Bangladeshi batsman managed to only score 14 off 10.
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Earlier, World XI skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss in ICC World XI Independence T20 Cricket Cup 2017 final and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in the third & final T20 being held at Gaddafi stadium here on Friday the 15th September 2017.
Speaking at toss, Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed said that fast bowler Hasan Ali will make comeback in place of Sohail Khan.
“Hopefully we wont be repeating the mistakes we made in the last game,” said the skipper.
Pakistan has made only one change in the team, bringing in back pace bowler Hasan Ali in place of Sohail Khan while two changes have been made in the World Eleven team, Darren Sammy and George Bailey replacing Tim Paine and Paul Collingwood.
Both the skippers have expressed their resolve to win the series, which stands locked at 1-1 after Pakistan beat the World XI by 20 runs in the opener while the tourists won the second match by seven wickets.
The international level cricket remained suspended in Pakistan following an attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in 2009. Only Zimbabwe visited the country in 2015 for a short series, an effort to revive the cricket in Pakistan to amuse local cricket lovers.
Teams
Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (c)(wk), Muhammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hassan Ali, Usman Shinwari and Rumman Raees.
World XI: Tamim Iqbal, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (c), David Miller, Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, George Bailey (wk), Ben Cutting, Samuel Badree, Morne Morkel and Imran Tahir.
Source: Mehran Post
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