Saudi-born Faraz Akram debuts for Zimbabwe as they bat first in third T20I

Zimbabwe have won the toss and will bat first in the final T20, also their last game on tour. Like they did in the ODI series, Zimbabwe will look to avoid a clean sweep. Meanwhile, Pakistan will want to extent their 100% record, having never lost to Zimbabwe in this format before.

Zimbabwe have handed a debut to Saudi Arabian-born Faraz Akram, while Craig Ervine plays his first T20I this tour. Sikandar Raza and Richard Ngarava are the ones making way.

Pakistan have handed a debut to batsman Abdullah Shafique, with Imad Wasim and Musa Khan also returning to the team. Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Hafeez are rested while Faheem Ashraf also sits out in the last game before Pakistan gear up for the PSL, due to begin later in the week.

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Babar Azam (capt), 3 Haider Ali, 4 Abdullah Shafique 5 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 6 Khushdil Shah 7 Imad Wasim 8 Mohammad Musa 9 Haris Rauf, 10 Mohammad Hasnain, 11 Usman Qadir

Zimbabwe: 1 Chamu Chibhabha (capt) 2 Brendan Taylor (wk) 3 Ryan Burl 4 Sean Williams 5 Wesley Madhevere 6 Craig Ervine 7 Elton Chigumbura 8 Milton Shumba 9 Donald Tiripano 10 Faraz Akram 11 Blessing Muzarabani

Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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