Pakistan Drop Captain, Make Surprising Change To Eleven Post Embarrassing Series Defeat To Australia

Pakistan are trying to get what they can out of an embarrassing T20I series loss to Australia. Pakistan are currently 2-0 down in their three match T20I series and will be trying to salvage what they can in the third T20I as they have chosen to bat first. In what is even more embarrassing for Pakistan is that they have dropped their captain Mohammad Rizwan for the third T20I against the Aussies. It remains to be seen what good the changes they have made do them against a mighty Australian attack. 

Pakistan Batting First Against Australia In 3rd T20I 

Paksitan won the toss and elected to bat in the third and final Twenty20 game against Australia on Monday.

The tourists rested captain Mohammad Rizwan with Salman Agha to lead in Rizwan’s absence.

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Haseebullah Khan returned to the lineup, while Babar Azam opened the batting with Sahibzada Farhan.

Left-arm pace bowler Jahandad Khan made his debut, replacing Naseem Shah. 

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For the third successive game, Australia kept faith in the same playing XI.

The hosts had a 29-run win in a rain-shortened seven-overs-a-side match in the first T20 at Brisbane, before fast bowler Spencer Johnson grabbed a career-best 5-26 and propelled Australia to a 13-run win to clinch the three-match series with a game to spare on Saturday. 

Australia and Pakistan's Lineups Going Into The Third T20I Match In The Ninja Stadium

Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis (captain), Aaron Hardie, Nathan Ellis, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Adam Zampa.

Pakistan: Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Haseebullah Khan, Usman Khan, Salman Agha (captain), Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem. 

(With AP Inputs)