Shan Masood
Pakistan playing 11: A three-Test series is being played between Pakistan and England. The England team had won the first match. Due to this, the Pakistani team fell behind 0-1 in the series. After this, in the second test match, the Pakistani team came back strongly and won. In the second test match, the Pakistan team did not give chances to players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. Then spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan performed brilliantly and made the Pakistani team win the match. So the series was tied 1-1. Now the third test match between Pakistan and England will be played in Rawalpindi from October 24. For this, Pakistan has announced its playing eleven. England have already announced their playing eleven.
Pakistan made no changes in playing 11
The special thing is that Pakistan captain Shan Masood has not made any changes in the eleven for the third test. This is the first time under Masood’s captaincy that he has not made any changes to the eleven. Pakistan have given a chance to the same 11 players who played in the second Test match. In the second Test match, Kamran Ghulam, who played in place of Babar Azam, scored a century. Kamran had played an innings of 118 runs.
Sajid Khan did wonders
The spinners had shown a surprising performance for Pakistan in the second Test. Then both players Sajid Khan and Noman Ali together took 20 wickets. Sajid took 9 wickets in the match and destroyed England’s strong batting order. It was thanks to him that the Pakistani team managed to win the match. He received the Man of the Match award for his excellent performance.
The team is present in position number 8 in the points table.
The Pakistani team has not been able to perform well at home for some time. Recently, the team had to lose the Test series against Bangladesh 2-0. After this, the first Test against England also had to face defeat. For this reason, Pakistan is criticized everywhere. Pakistan team is ranked 8th in the World Test Championship points table. The team has played 9 games and has only won 6.
Pakistan to play eleven for third test match against England
Shan Masdu (captain), Abdulla Shafiq, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Aga, Aamer Jamal, Nomal Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood.
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