Australia tour of Pakistan, 2022

PAK vs. AUS, Only T20I

Preview 

After losing the One Day Series in the hands of Pakistan, The T20 Champions of the World Australia will look forward to getting their hands on the T20 title. Specially, with the T20 World Series approaching soon, there are certain areas that the Aussies will look forward to exploring and improving. With many of the big boys missing this series, Captain Aaron Finch will have the opportunity to do that. Pakistan on the other hand will look forward to dominate in the T20 Series as well. After losing the red ball series in their home turf, the men in green have made a brilliant comeback in the ODI series and will look forward to seal the white ball series at Lahore.

The batters have done reasonably well in the ODI series and it is the bowlers who let Australia down. You cannot really blame them as it is indeed tough to bowl in the subcontinent pitches and specially when players like Babar Azam, Imam Ul Haq and Mohammed Rizwan are in form of their life. Shaheen Afridi is also famous for taking a wicket in the first over itself and Australia never looked comfortable whenever he came to bowl. Australia needs to come out of their shell and be confident in their approach. Captain Finch needs to instil that in his young brigade.

Pakistan is more or less sorted ahead of the T20 match. Don’t expect many changes as the team is more or less perfect. Many of their players are in form and that is their biggest strength at the moment. If they can manage to capitalise on certain situations, they should come out on top.

Match Details

Match: PAK vs. AUS, Only T20I, Australia tour of Pakistan, 2022

Date: Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Time: 9:00 PM

Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Pitch Report

Win the toss and bowl first will be the mantra. Dew will definitely take a part in the pitch and bowling will become really difficult in the second half of the match.

PAK vs. AUS Squads 

PAK: Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani, Asif Afridi

AUS: Aaron Finch(c), Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff, Ben Dwarshuis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Swepson, Alex Carey

PAK vs. AUS Probable XIs

PAK: Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Babar Azam (C), Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf

AUS: Aaron Finch (C), Travis Head, Ben McDermott, Josh Inglis(WK), Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff

Match Prediction

It is indeed going to be a cracking contest but Pakistan looks in a better shape and in better form at the moment. If Australia manages to score a lot of runs, only then they can put pressure on Pakistan, else it looks difficult.

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