AUCKLAND – Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi has won the toss and decided to bowl first against New Zealand in the first T20I of the five-match series in Auckland on Friday.
Pakistan has already announced Playing XI last night. Azam Khan will keep wickets. Usama Mir and Abbas Afridi are playing their fist T20I.
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Pakistan Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayb, Babar Azam, Fakhar zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan (WK), Amer Jamal, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
New Zealand Playing XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Adam Milne, Matthew Henry, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears