{"id":45685,"date":"2024-01-09T09:49:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistans-likely-batting-order-for-new-zealand-series-revealed\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T09:49:06","slug":"pakistans-likely-batting-order-for-new-zealand-series-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistans-likely-batting-order-for-new-zealand-series-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s likely batting-order for New Zealand series revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Pakistan probable batting line-up for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand, set to kick off on January 12th in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable change we can see in the lineup is the introduction of a new opening pair, with Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub set to open the innings. Previously, this job was done by Rizwan and Babar Azam.<\/p>\n<p>During the practice session, the Pakistan bowlers, including skipper Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Zaman Khan, bowled against Rizwan and Saim, who were at the receiving end while facing the new ball.<\/p>\n<p>Former skipper Babar Azam was seen honing his batting skills against spinners during the training camp. Joining him in this spin-centric training was Fakhar Zaman, who is expected to play a crucial role in the middle order this time.<\/p>\n<p>The likely batting order is set to feature Rizwan and Saim as the opening pair, with Babar following at one-down. Fakhar is expected to take the fourth position.<\/p>\n<p>Azam Khan will occupy the fifth spot in the batting order while Iftikhar Ahmed is expected to provide firepower at the sixth position. However, positions of Iftikhar and Azam can be switched as per the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udccd Eden Park, Auckland \ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>T20I mode activated: Getting game-ready \ud83c\udfcf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NZvPAK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NZvPAK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tleNLiA817\">pic.twitter.com\/tleNLiA817<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1744630841870029062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Full squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain and wicket-keeper) Aamir Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Azam Khan (wicket-keeper), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wicket-keeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, \u00a0Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Usama Mir and Zaman Khan<\/p>\n<p>Full schedule:<br \/>1st T20 \u2013 12 January 2024 at Eden Park, Auckland<br \/>2nd T20 \u2013 14 January 2024 at Seddon Park, Hamilton<br \/>3rd T20 \u2013 17 January 2024 at University Oval, Dunedin<br \/>4th T20 \u2013 19 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch<br \/>5th T20 \u2013 21 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch<\/p>\n<div class=\"sd-bottom-social ss-icon\">\n<p class=\"ss-share-now\"> Share Now <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/cricketpakistan.com.pk\/en\/news\/detail\/pakistans-likely-batting-order-for-new-zealand-series-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<article><span><i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/span><\/article>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/cricketpakistan.com.pk\/en\/news\/detail\/pakistans-likely-batting-order-for-new-zealand-series-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between\">\n<span class=\"w-100\"><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#\"><\/p>\n<article><span><i class=\"fab fa-instagram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/span><\/article>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=https:\/\/cricketpakistan.com.pk\/en\/news\/detail\/pakistans-likely-batting-order-for-new-zealand-series-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<article><span><i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/span><\/article>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n        js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.12&appId=340509153097398&autoLogAppEvents=1\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan probable batting line-up for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand, set to kick off on January 12th in Auckland. The most notable change we can see in the lineup is the introduction of a new opening pair, with Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub set to open the innings. Previously, this job was done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c.cricketpakistan.com.pk\/images\/posts\/cover_1704788201FotoJet---2024-01-09T131554.493.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}