Pak vs Eng: Pakistan to play second match against England

• Pakistan to play second match against England.
• England leads the seven-match series 1-0.
• Twenty20 International series is a historic occasion for the hosts.

Pakistan and England will play their second match at the National Stadium in Karachi today. With an advantage, England leads the seven-match series 1-0.

This evening at 7:30 PM PST, the T20I will begin.

Since the England team is visiting Pakistan for the first time in 17 years, the seven-match Twenty20 International series is a historic occasion for the hosts.

In the opening game, the visitors defeated Pakistan by six wickets. Muhammad Rizwan, a wicketkeeper-batsman, pleaded with cricket fans to overlook the errors and the defeat while the team experimented with fresh lineups.

In his post-match interview with the media, he stated that mistakes would undoubtedly be made, but the squad was making improvements to better capitalize on them for the forthcoming T29 World Cup, which will begin in Australia next month.

The 30-year-old batter claimed that these errors shouldn’t be noticed because the team is using these adjustments to find fresh lineups for the World Cup.

He said, “By the grace of God, I and the skipper [Babar Azam] are performing well for quite some time, leaving a little room for our middle order to display their batting acumen,”

It is unrealistic to anticipate all power hitters to routinely score 60 runs per game.

Usman Qadir, a spin bowler for the Pakistan cricket team, believes that 158 was a score that his team should have defended, but he is optimistic that Pakistan can win the series.

England won the first T20I by 6 wickets and took a 1-0 series lead after successfully chasing down the 159-run goal in 19.2 overs for the cost of only 4 wickets.

However, Qadir, 29, believes that the score was respectable enough for the bowlers to defend.

He told, “I think it was a decent total, we should’ve bowled according to plans but unfortunately we bowled away from wicket and also England played very good cricket to chase the score,”

As England chased a modest 159-run target in 19.2 overs in the opening of a seven-match T20I series, opener Alex Hales scored a 40-ball 53, his first international score in three years due to a failed recreational drug test.

At a packed National stadium, Pakistan’s opening batsman Mohammad Rizwan helped his team reach 158-7 in 20 overs after England had invited them to bat.

With the victory, England now leads the seven-match series 1-0.

likely starting XI

Babar Azam is Pakistan’s captain, followed by Mohammad Rizwan/Mohammad Haris at wicketkeeper, Haider Ali, Shan Masood, and Iftikhar Ahmed. Asif Ali/Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Shahnawaz Dahani/Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, and Usman Qadir are the next seven candidates.

Phil Salt (wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, and Will Jacks are the players for England. Five Harry Brook, MOEEN ALI 6 (capt), Samuel Curran, Olly Stone, 8 David Willey, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Luke Wood, and 11

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