KARACHI: Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan received the toss and elected to bat first within the PAK vs NZ tri-nation collection ultimate on Friday.
The house facet has introduced in all-rounder Faheem Ashraf instead of pacer Mohammad Hasnain for the ultimate forward of the Champions Trophy 2025.
Talking on the toss, Mohammad Rizwan talked about that they determined to bat first as they wished to place runs on the board.
“The ODI win within the final sport was huge. It provides us the momentum. We try to do our greatest. We now have one change. Hasnain is out, Faheem is in,” he stated.
Pakistan are set to face New Zealand within the PAK vs NZ ultimate after defeating South Africa within the penultimate sport of the tri-nation collection in Karachi on February 12.
Following the tri-nation collection ultimate, the 2 sides will face off within the Champions Trophy 2025 opening sport on February 19 on the identical venue.
Pakistan Enjoying XI:
Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c) (wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed.
Pertinent to notice right here that New Zealand and Pakistan confronted off within the tri-nation collection opener in Lahore because the vacationers beat Pakistan by 78 runs.
New Zealand and Pakistan then went on to win their respective video games in opposition to South Africa to arrange a PAK vs NZ tri-nation collection ultimate.