Pakistan will goal to keep up their exceptional consistency towards a spirited Namibia and seal a semifinal spot within the T20 World Cup right here on Tuesday.
After a chaotic build-up to the World Cup with England and New Zealand pulling out of Pakistan excursions, the Babar Azam-led facet has defied the percentages and has grow to be the staff to beat within the match.
Following a historic win over India, Pakistan confirmed a number of chinks of their armour towards New Zealand and Afghanistan however that would not cease them from recording resounding wins.
If their in-form openers Babar and Mohammad Rizwan don’t fireplace, Pakistan can depend on their middle-order and even when that’s not sufficient, six-hitting machine Asif Ali will win the sport for them on his personal.
Nevertheless, the staff would expect extra runs from veteran Mohammad Hafeez’s bat. He’s the one one to haven’t made a big contribution within the prime six.
Within the bowling division, Pakistan will likely be wanting to make sure that they don’t permit Namibia to comeback within the recreation after taking early wickets, one thing they had been responsible of within the Afghanistan conflict.
After decreasing the Afghans to 76 for six, Pakistan allowed them to attain a difficult 147 and if it wasn’t for Asif’s six-hitting skill from ball one, the result of the sport may have been completely different.
The staff would additionally expect much more from Hasan Ali, who has proved to be its weakest hyperlink within the bowling division.
Namibia, who had been blown away by Afghanistan on Sunday, will likely be seeking to compete towards a prime facet.
The debutants had no reply to Afghanistan bowlers, particularly the pacers, on Sunday afternoon. Regardless of fundamental spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman not taking part in resulting from harm, Namibians discovered the bowling assault too scorching to deal with.
Six Namibian wickets had been worryingly taken by the pacers and Pakistan have a a lot better assault than Afghanistan.
They’ve already received a variety of hearts by making the Tremendous 12s of their maiden look however captain Gerhald Erasmus has made it clear that they need to create an upset.
“We’re conscious of the challenges. We have to make use of this stage. It is a stepping stone for the longer term,” mentioned Erasmus.
The efficiency of leggie Loftie Eaton was a giant plus for Namibia from the final recreation. Lead pacer Ruben Trumpelmann too can be aiming to offer the early breakthroughs which will likely be a should to place a rampaging facet like Pakistan below stress.
Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik.
Namibia Squad: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Stephan Baard, JJ Smit, Karl Birkenstock, Jan Frylinck, Ben Shikongo, Bernard Scholtz, Craig Williams, Michael van Lingen, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Inexperienced, David Wiese, Pikky Ya France, Michau du Preez, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
