3rd T20I: Pakistan set 155 runs target for England

Pakistan eye series win against England in final T20I match.

MANCHESTER (Dunya News) – Pakistan set 155 runs target for England in the third and last T20 International of three-match series at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

Earlier, Pakistan had won the toss and opted to field first against England. 

Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf and batsman Azam Khan were rested for today’s game while bowlers Hasan Ali and Usman Qadir have been brought in.

Both the teams have won one match each of the T20I series. Pakistan won the first match by 31 runs at Nottingham and the host beat Pakistan by 45 runs in the second encounter at Leeds.

Both the teams are facing each other at 10.30pm tonight. Pakistan team has reached in England’s city of Manchester. However, national team vice skipper Shadab Khan has expressed hope for victory in the third T20I against the England team.

Pakistan have to fight back to take the T20I series from England tonight to play the third and final match. Green shirts still have a chance to win the T20I series and take revenge from England after humiliating clean sweep in the three-match ODI series.

Squads 

England: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan (capt), Liam Livingstone, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood

We lose the toss and will bowl first! #ENGvPAK

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 20, 2021

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Hasnain, Shaheen Shah Afridi

3rd T20I UPDATE: Pakistan win toss, elect to bat.#HarHaalMainCricket | #BackTheBoysInGreen | #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/LOqSsTcX0z

— Pakistan Cricket Live (@TheRealPCB_Live) July 20, 2021