Abu Dhabi: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Namibia Tuesday at Abu Dhabi in T-20 world cup super 12 round which is fourth match of the green team.
Speaking at the toss, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam confirmed that the team had not made any changes to the squad.
Meanwhile, the captain of Namibia was full of praises of the Pakistan cricket team, saying that the Babar Azam side was in-form and were a quality side.
In response to a question, the Namibia skipper admitted he was happy with Babar Azam’s choice and would have opted to bowl first had he won the toss.
After notching up three successive wins against India, New Zealand and Afghanistan, Pakistan is on the brink of qualifying for the semi-finals and is aiming to seal the spot with a win against Namibia in Abu Dhabi tonight.
Pakistan and Namibia will face each other for the first time in T20Is. Namibia will face their sternest test yet against Pakistan, who have been unstoppable so far in the Super 12 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021.
Unbeaten in the T20 World Cup so far, Pakistan have gone from dark horses for the tournament to one of the strong favourites in just three games.
Pakistan win toss, elect to bat first.#PAKvNAM | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/3y57IZJJSb
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 2, 2021
While bowling has historically been Pakistan’s strong suit, the team’s batting, led from the front by captain Babar Azam, has bailed them out of trouble twice in the last two games.
Namibia, on the other hand, come into this game on the back of their first loss in the Super 12 to Afghanistan. While it was expected that the Eagles would find it difficult to deal with the spinners in Afghanistan’s ranks, Namibia were done by the pacers who claimed seven of the nine wickets that fell.
Teams
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi.
NamibiaI: Stephen Baard, Michael van Lingen, Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus (captain), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Jan Frylinck, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz.
