The way South Africa looking favorite in the test series and has prove it, in the same manner Pakistan is looking favorite for the Sunday's t-20 fixture. Pakistan team whitewashed by SA in the test series which cost Pakistan team to jump to fifth position in ICC ranking.
South Africa on the other hand has adopted the strategy from England of having three different captains for three different formats. Faf Du Plessis will be leading the young t-20 side for South Africa while AB De Villiers will be leading the ODI side. For South Africa they are targeting to create a good T-20 side before next year T-20 world cup as they will be playing about 10-15 T-20 matches before the start of fifth T-20 world cup. So they have adopted a mixture of young and experienced players for this series. Although one match was abandoned due to heavy rain and the only Sunday's fixture is remaining to decide the series.
Zulfiqar Babar might have to wait for the next series as in a good spinning lineup of Pakistan, it becomes very difficult for anyone to get a chance. On the other hand Asad Ali is a good fast bowler who is only selected for the T-20 squad. He should be given the chance as against the normal lineup of South Africa you may take such kind of actions. And who knows he might be the next Waqar Younus of Pakistan, who on the same venue did the hat-trick against New Zealand.
My Pak-11 for Sunday's fixture:
Ahmed Shehzad
Nasir Jamshed
Muhammad Hafeez
Umar Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Kamran Akmal
Umer Gul
Asad Ali/ Wahab Riaz/Junaid Khan
Saeed Ajmal
Muhammad Irfan
South Africa on the other hand has adopted the strategy from England of having three different captains for three different formats. Faf Du Plessis will be leading the young t-20 side for South Africa while AB De Villiers will be leading the ODI side. For South Africa they are targeting to create a good T-20 side before next year T-20 world cup as they will be playing about 10-15 T-20 matches before the start of fifth T-20 world cup. So they have adopted a mixture of young and experienced players for this series. Although one match was abandoned due to heavy rain and the only Sunday's fixture is remaining to decide the series.
Zulfiqar Babar might have to wait for the next series as in a good spinning lineup of Pakistan, it becomes very difficult for anyone to get a chance. On the other hand Asad Ali is a good fast bowler who is only selected for the T-20 squad. He should be given the chance as against the normal lineup of South Africa you may take such kind of actions. And who knows he might be the next Waqar Younus of Pakistan, who on the same venue did the hat-trick against New Zealand.
My Pak-11 for Sunday's fixture:
Ahmed Shehzad
Nasir Jamshed
Muhammad Hafeez
Umar Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Kamran Akmal
Umer Gul
Asad Ali/ Wahab Riaz/Junaid Khan
Saeed Ajmal
Muhammad Irfan
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