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November 28, 2024

Pakistan Clinches Victory in Thrilling PAK vs ZIM ODI Series

Pakistan Clinches Victory in Thrilling PAK vs ZIM ODI Series

Pakistan won the PAK vs ZIM 3rd ODI as well as the ODI series 2-1. 

After suffering from an embarrassing loss in the 1st match of the series, the Men in Green bounced back to clinch a comfortable victory over Zimbabwe in the 2nd and 3rd ODIs. 

Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by a whopping margin of 80 runs in the 1st ODI and started the series on a high. 

Despite resting Babar, Shaheen, & Naseem, the Men in Green didn’t look uncomfortable in any of the matches. 

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Pakistan and Zimbabwe have played 63 ODI matches against each other. Out of those 63 occasions, the Men in Green emerged victorious 54 times, Zimbabwe grabbed the victory 6 times, 2 matches had no result, and 1 match ended in a draw. 

As far as T20Is are concerned, Pakistan and Zimbabwe have only locked horns against each other 18 times. As expected, Pakistan emerged victorious 16 times whereas Zimbabwe clinched the victory only 2 times. 

Pak vs Zim 3rd ODI playing XI

The Pakistan team played the same squad as the 2nd ODI whereas Zimbabwe made two changes, with wicketkeeper batter Clive Madande coming in for Brandon Mavuta, while all-rounder Faraz Akram replaced Trevor Gwandu.

Zimbabwe 3rd ODI squad: Joylord Gumbie (wk), Tawandanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Craig Ervine (capt), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Brian Bennett, Clive Madande, Faraz Akram, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

Pakistan 3rd ODI squad: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan (capt&wk), Irfan Khan, Aamer Jamal, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Faisal Akram